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chain-smoke

[ cheyn-smohk ]

verb (used with or without object)

chain-smoked, chain-smoking.
  1. to smoke continually, as by lighting one cigarette, cigar, etc., from the preceding one.


chain-smoke

verb

  1. to smoke (cigarettes, etc) continually, esp lighting one from the preceding one
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • chain smoker, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of chain-smoke1

First recorded in 1930–35
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Example Sentences

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There, the atmosphere hardened from a succession of chain-smoking officers, with whom I had to negotiate in my broken Turkish.

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A second Russian intelligence team circled, including a chain-smoking blonde woman referred to only as "Red Sparrow".

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But even Thornton, who plays chain-smoking crisis manager Tommy Norris in the series, is overwhelmed by the impressive ratings of “Landman,†which aired its Season 1 finale on Sunday.

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The court heard how all three defendants took part in a complex surveillance mission that involved a chain-smoking, fast food loving, Russian spy codenamed Red Sparrow.

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Raised on a steady diet of war stories, and with a chain-smoking aunt who gave her eyesight and two arms to the cause, the pair join the IRA intending to do more than secretarial work.

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