An inhalation of tobacco-smoke; smoke so inhaled; in early use also, †the ‘taking’ of tobacco, smoking (to take the whiff, to smoke).
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| 释义 | the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > [noun] > a smoke or inhalation (11) whiff1600 An inhalation of tobacco-smoke; smoke so inhaled; in early use also, †the ‘taking’ of tobacco, smoking (to take the whiff, to smoke). quiff1617 An inhalation of tobacco smoke; a puff or whiff, esp. of tobacco smoke. Also figurative. draught1621 Drawing of smoke or vapour into the mouth, inhaling; that which is inhaled at one breath. puffing1675 The action of drawing on a pipe, cigar, etc. Cf. puff, v. 1d. draw1823 Originally colloquial. An act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc.; drag or pull. Occasionally also: an act or spell of smoking, a… shoch1831 A draw at a tobacco-pipe, a smoke. pull1841 An act of inhaling smoke from a pipe, cigarette, etc. Cf. draw, n. 14a(a), drag, n. 7f. blow1855 slang. As a count noun: (a) a smoke, a puff (on a cigarette, pipe, etc.) (now rare); (b) U.S. a dose of opium, heroin, or (now chiefly) cocaine, esp.… reek1876 Chiefly Scottish, Irish English, and English regional (northern and midlands) in later use. Chiefly Scottish. An inhalation of tobacco smoke, a… drag1914 slang. An inhalation of (cigarette) smoke; the act of smoking a cigarette. (Cf. drag, v. 1f.) inhale1934 The action of inhaling (tobacco smoke). |
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