Smoke - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |sməʊk|  American pronunciation of the word smoke
Brit.  |sməʊk|  British pronunciation of the word smoke

noun

- a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas (syn: fume)
- a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion (syn: smoking)
the fire produced a tower of black smoke that could be seen for miles
- an indication of some hidden activity
with all that smoke there must be a fire somewhere
- something with no concrete substance
his dreams all turned to smoke
it was just smoke and mirrors
- tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder
- street names for marijuana (syn: dope, gage, grass, locoweed, pot, skunk, weed)
- the act of smoking tobacco or other substances (syn: smoking)
he went outside for a smoke
- (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity (syn: bullet, heater, hummer)
he showed batters nothing but smoke

verb

- inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes
We never smoked marijuana
Do you smoke?
- emit a cloud of fine particles (syn: fume)

Extra examples

Smoke from the campfire stung my eyes.

We could see black smoke from the house fire.

Can I bum a few smokes off you?

I caught her smoking a cigarette.

He was thrown out of school for smoking marijuana.

She smokes and drinks, but I don't.

Do you mind if I smoke in here?

That old car smokes when you start it up.

We smoke our hams over hickory.

In his opinion it was all smoke.

The cigarette smoked unheeded in her fingers.

Ireland was still smoking with the embers of rebellion.

Smoke from burning fields drifted across nearby roads.

Rangers watched from their fire towers for any wisps of smoke.

He went outside for a quiet smoke.

Phrasal verbs

smoke out  — drive out with smoke

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: smoke
he/she/it: smokes
present participle: smoking
past tense: smoked
past participle: smoked
noun
singular: smoke
plural: smokes
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