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US
/ˈsmoʊk/
]
[ UK /smˈəʊk/ ]
[ UK /smˈəʊk/ ]
NOUN
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the act of smoking tobacco or other substances
he went outside for a smoke
smoking stinks - a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
- tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder
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something with no concrete substance
his dreams all turned to smoke
it was just smoke and mirrors -
(baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity
he showed batters nothing but smoke
he swung late on the fastball -
an indication of some hidden activity
with all that smoke there must be a fire somewhere - street names for marijuana
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a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion
the fire produced a tower of black smoke that could be seen for miles
VERB
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inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes
Do you smoke?
We never smoked marijuana -
emit a cloud of fine particles
The chimney was fuming
How To Use smoke In A Sentence
- The bombardment of the GPO had fascinated MacMurrough: the annunciatory puffs of smoke and the flames that roared to greet them; then the crashing gun’s report, the shell’s eruption—an illogical sequence, effect before cause, an object lesson in the madness of war. At Swim, Two Boys
- Perhaps it comes straight out of that party line dictionary that was written in a smoke-filled room in Sevastapol Street by the same faceless Provo apparatchik who a few years back advocated the practically endless use of the term 'securocrat'. Archive 2009-01-01
- She suffered minor smoke inhalation and was discharged from hospital last night. The Sun
- It cannot be smoked, drunk or gambled away. Times, Sunday Times
- So he entered and going up to the candles which burnt in the tent snuffed them and sprinkled levigated henbane on the wicks; after which he withdrew and waited without the marquee, till the smoke of the burning henbane reached The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
- The servants disappeared as if they were whiffs of smoke blown away by the wind.
- Three smoke grenade dischargers are mounted on each side of the turret.
- Swelling and bloating are often less troublesome if you avoid adding extra salt to food and steer clear of smoked meats and ready-cooked meals. The Sun
- How about how the door of your car opens as you back up from the burnout to let burnout smoke escape the cockpit?
- In fact, children of heavy smokers are often fervent anti-smokers.
