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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024smoke /smoʊk/USA pronunciation n., v., smoked, smok•ing. n. - Chemistry[uncountable] the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning substance.
- [uncountable] something resembling this, as mist.
- [countable] an act or spell of smoking something, esp. tobacco.
- something for smoking, as a cigarette:[countable]Have you got a smoke?
- [uncountable] a bluish or brownish gray.
v. - [no object] to give off smoke.
- to draw into the mouth and puff out (the smoke of tobacco or the like, as from a pipe or cigarette): [no object]She doesn't like to smoke.[~ + object]He smoked a pack of cigarettes a day.
- Slang Termsto (cause to) move or travel with great speed: [no object]That throw really smoked through the air![~ + object]The quarterback smoked the next pass to his tight end.
- to expose (rooms, etc.) to toxic vapor in order to kill insects or pests:[~ + object]to smoke a room.
- Food to expose (meat, fish, etc.) to smoke and thus dry and flavor it:[~ + object]to smoke salmon in the smokehouse.
- smoke out:
- to drive from a place of hiding by the use of smoke: [~ + out + object]to smoke out the raccoons.[~ + object + out]to smoke the animals out.
- to force into public knowledge;
expose: [~ + out + object]to smoke out the traitors.[~ + object + out]to smoke the traitors out with a clever trick.
Idioms- Idioms go up in smoke, to be unsuccessful:All his plans for promotion went up in smoke.
smoke•less, adj.: so-called smokeless tobacco, or chewing tobacco. smok•er, n. [countable] smok•i•ness, n. [uncountable] smok•y, adj., -i•er, -i•est. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024smoke (smōk),USA pronunciation n., v., smoked, smok•ing. n. - Chemistrythe visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, esp. the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
- something resembling this, as vapor or mist, flying particles, etc.
- something unsubstantial, evanescent, or without result:Their hopes and dreams proved to be smoke.
- an obscuring condition:the smoke of controversy.
- an act or spell of smoking something, esp. tobacco:They had a smoke during the intermission.
- something for smoking, as a cigar or cigarette:This is the best smoke on the market.
- Drugs, Slang Terms[Slang.]marijuana.
- Slang Termsa homemade drink consisting of denatured alcohol and water.
- Physicsa system of solid particles suspended in a gaseous medium.
- a bluish or brownish gray color.
- go up or end in smoke, to terminate without producing a result;
be unsuccessful:All our dreams went up in smoke. v.i. - to give off or emit smoke, as in burning.
- to give out smoke offensively or improperly, as a stove.
- to send forth steam or vapor, dust, or the like.
- to draw into the mouth and puff out the smoke of tobacco or the like, as from a pipe or cigarette.
- Slang Termsto ride or travel with great speed.
- British Terms[Australian.]
v.t. - to draw into the mouth and puff out the smoke of:to smoke tobacco.
- to use (a pipe, cigarette, etc.) in this process.
- to expose to smoke.
- to fumigate (rooms, furniture, etc.).
- Foodto cure (meat, fish, etc.) by exposure to smoke.
- to color or darken by smoke.
- smoke out:
- to drive from a refuge by means of smoke.
- to force into public view or knowledge;
reveal:to smoke out the leaders of the spy ring.
- bef. 1000; (noun, nominal) Middle English; Old English smoca; (verb, verbal) Middle English smoken, Old English smocian
smoke′like′, adj. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: smoke /sməʊk/ n - the product of combustion, consisting of fine particles of carbon carried by hot gases and air
- any cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
- the act of smoking tobacco or other substances, esp in a pipe or as a cigarette or cigar
- the duration of smoking such substances
- informal a cigarette or cigar
- a substance for smoking, such as pipe tobacco or marijuana
- something with no concrete or lasting substance: everything turned to smoke
- a thing or condition that obscures
- go up in smoke, end up in smoke ⇒ to come to nothing
- to burn up vigorously
- to flare up in anger
vb - (intransitive) to emit smoke or the like, sometimes excessively or in the wrong place
- to draw in on (a burning cigarette, etc) and exhale the smoke
- (transitive) to bring (oneself) into a specified state by smoking
- (transitive) to subject or expose to smoke
- (transitive) to cure (meat, fish, cheese, etc) by treating with smoke
- (transitive) to fumigate or purify the air of (rooms, etc)
- (transitive) to darken (glass, etc) by exposure to smoke
See also smoke outEtymology: Old English smoca (n); related to Middle Dutch smieken to emit smokeˈsmokable, ˈsmokeable adj |