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Smoke

//smoʊk// name, noun, verb, slang

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The 44th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
  2. 2
    London. UK, informal

    "I'm heading down to the Smoke later this week."

Noun
  1. 1
    The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material. uncountable

    "If those were the days, however, when steam was triumphant, they were also the days of smoke. Nowhere was this so apparent as at "Kings Cross (Suburban)" where, one after another, the Great Northern tank engines thumped their way up the incline and emerged from the tunnel, in clouds of steam and smoke, to pound their way up the last few hundred feet of gradient alongside the platform."

  2. 2
    Synonym of Burmilla.
  3. 3
    (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity wordnet
  4. 4
    A cigarette. colloquial, countable

    "Can I bum a smoke off you?; I need to go buy some smokes."

  5. 5
    the act of smoking tobacco or other substances wordnet
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  1. 6
    Anything to smoke (e.g. cigarettes, marijuana, etc.) colloquial, uncountable

    "Hey, you got some smoke?"

  2. 7
    street names for marijuana wordnet
  3. 8
    An instance of smoking a cigarette, cigar, etc.; the duration of this act. colloquial, countable

    "I lit a pipe and had a good long smoke, and went on watching."

  4. 9
    tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder wordnet
  5. 10
    A fleeting illusion; something insubstantial, evanescent, unreal, transitory, or without result. figuratively, uncountable

    "The excitement behind the new candidate proved to be smoke."

  6. 11
    something with no concrete substance wordnet
  7. 12
    Something used to obscure or conceal; an obscuring condition; see also smoke and mirrors. figuratively, uncountable

    "The smoke of controversy."

  8. 13
    an indication of some hidden activity wordnet
  9. 14
    A light grey color tinted with blue. uncountable
  10. 15
    a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas wordnet
  11. 16
    Bother, trouble; problems; hassle. slang, uncountable

    "You better not be giving me no smoke."

  12. 17
    a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion wordnet
  13. 18
    Any cloud of solid particles or liquid vapor dispersed into the air; particularly one of:; Opaque aerosol released on a battlefield, used e.g. to signal or to degrade enemy observation via smokescreen. countable, uncountable
  14. 19
    Any cloud of solid particles or liquid vapor dispersed into the air; particularly one of:; Pollen scattered by a plant. countable, uncountable

    "There has been a great deal of smoke in the yew-trees this year. One day there was such a cloud that it seemed to be a fire in the shrubbery. […]"

  15. 20
    Any cloud of solid particles or liquid vapor dispersed into the air; particularly one of:; Mist, fog, or drizzle; water vapour, such as from exhalation into cold air. countable, uncountable

    "[…] steeds, whose lowdnes filled the aire with terrour, and whose breathes dimmed the sun with smoake, converted to delicate tunes and amorous glances?"

  16. 21
    A fastball. countable, slang, uncountable
  17. 22
    A distinct column of smoke, such as indicating a burning area or fire. countable

    "Should the commander of one column desire to communicate with the other, he raises three smokes simultaneously, which, if seen by the other party, should be responded to in the same manner."

Verb
  1. 1
    To inhale and exhale the smoke from a burning cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc. transitive

    "He's smoking his pipe."

  2. 2
    inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes wordnet
  3. 3
    To inhale and exhale tobacco smoke. intransitive

    "He used to drop into my chambers once in a while to smoke, and was first-rate company. When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him. I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me."

  4. 4
    emit a cloud of fine particles wordnet
  5. 5
    To give off smoke. intransitive

    "My old truck was still smoking even after the repairs."

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  1. 6
    To give off smoke.; Of a fire in a fireplace: to emit smoke outward instead of up the chimney, owing to imperfect draught. intransitive
  2. 7
    To give off smoke.; Of tobacco: to give off or produce smoke (in a certain manner or of a certain type). intransitive

    ""Damp tobacco," said Cripps, eyeing Limpet offensively as he threw down the challenge, "smokes unevenly. You'll admit that to start with.""

  3. 8
    To preserve or prepare (food) for consumption by treating with smoke. transitive

    "You'll need to smoke the meat for several hours."

  4. 9
    To dry or medicate by smoke. transitive

    "After opening one of the hives from the back, he smoked the bees to calm them and to drive the queen toward the front of the hive."

  5. 10
    To fill or scent with smoke; hence, to fill with incense; to perfume. obsolete, transitive
  6. 11
    To make unclear or blurry. obsolete, transitive

    "Smoke your bits of glass, Ye loyal Swine, or her transfiguration Will blind your wondering eyes."

  7. 12
    To perform (e.g. music) energetically or skillfully. intransitive, slang

    "The horn section was really smokin' on that last tune."

  8. 13
    To beat someone at something. slang

    "We smoked them at rugby."

  9. 14
    To snuff out; to kill, especially with a gun. slang, transitive

    "He got smoked by the mob."

  10. 15
    To thrash; to beat. obsolete, slang, transitive
  11. 16
    To smell out; to hunt out; to find out; to detect. obsolete, transitive

    "He was first smoked by the old Lord Lafeu."

  12. 17
    To ridicule to the face; to mock. obsolete, slang, transitive
  13. 18
    To burn; to be kindled; to rage.

    "The anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke against that man."

  14. 19
    To raise a dust or smoke by rapid motion.

    "Proud of his steeds, he smokes along the field."

  15. 20
    To suffer severely; to be punished.

    "Some of you shall smoke for it in Rome."

  16. 21
    To punish (a person) for a minor offense by excessive physical exercise. US, slang, transitive
  17. 22
    To cover (a key blank) with soot or carbon to aid in seeing the marks made by impressioning. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English smoke, from Old English smoca (“smoke”), probably a derivative of the verb (see below). Related to Dutch smook (“smoke”), Middle Low German smôk (“smoke”), dialectal German Schmauch (“smoke”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English smoken, from Old English smocian (“to smoke, emit smoke; fumigate”), from Proto-West Germanic *smokōn, from Proto-Germanic *smukōną (“to smoke”), ablaut derivative of Proto-Germanic *smaukaną (“to smoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewg- (“to smoke”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian smookje (“to smoke”), West Frisian smoke (“to smoke”), Dutch smoken (“to smoke”), Low German smöken (“to smoke”), German Low German smoken (“to smoke”). Related also to Old English smēocan (“to smoke, emit smoke; fumigate”), Bavarian schmuckelen (“to smell bad, reek”).

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