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smoke
[ smohk ]
noun
- the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially 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, especially tobacco:
They had a smoke during the intermission.
- something for smoking, as a cigar or cigarette:
This is the best smoke on the market.
- Slang. marijuana.
- Slang. a homemade drink consisting of denatured alcohol and water.
- Physics, Chemistry. a system of solid particles suspended in a gaseous medium.
- a bluish or brownish gray color.
verb (used without object)
- 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. to ride or travel with great speed.
- Australian.
- to flee.
- to abscond.
verb (used with object)
- 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.).
- to cure (meat, fish, etc.) by exposure to smoke.
- to color or darken by smoke.
verb phrase
- 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.
Smoke
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noun
- the Smokeshort for Big Smoke
smoke
2/ ²õ³¾É™ÊŠ°ì /
noun
- 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
- any of various colours similar to that of smoke, esp a dark grey with a bluish, yellowish, or greenish tinge
- go up in smoke or end up in smoke
- to come to nothing
- to burn up vigorously
- to flare up in anger
verb
- intr 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
- to use tobacco for smoking
- slang.intr to use marijuana for smoking
- tr to bring (oneself) into a specified state by smoking
- tr to subject or expose to smoke
- tr to cure (meat, fish, cheese, etc) by treating with smoke
- tr to fumigate or purify the air of (rooms, etc)
- tr to darken (glass, etc) by exposure to smoke
- slang.intr to move, drive, ride, etc, very fast
- obsolete.tr to tease or mock
- archaic.tr to suspect or detect
smoke
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- A mixture of carbon dioxide, water vapor, and other gases, usually containing particles of soot or other solids, produced by the burning of carbon-containing materials such as wood and coal.
Derived Forms
- ˈ²õ³¾´Ç°ì²¹²ú±ô±ð, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²õ³¾´Ç°ì±ðl¾±°ì±ð adjective
- ²¹²Ôt¾±Â·²õ³¾´Ç°ì±ð adjective noun
- ³Ü²Ô·²õ³¾´Ç°ì±ð»å adjective
- ³Ü²Ô·²õ³¾´Ç°ìi²Ô²µ adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of smoke1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of smoke1
Idioms and Phrases
- go up / end in smoke, to terminate without producing a result; be unsuccessful:
All our dreams went up in smoke.
More idioms and phrases containing smoke
In addition to the idiom beginning with smoke , also see chain smoker ; go up in flames (smoke) ; holy cow (smoke) ; no smoke without fire ; watch one's dust (smoke) .Example Sentences
Video and photos posted on social media showed flames enveloping a car in the lot and smoke rising over the structure.
Would we still be one after the smoke cleared?
The UK food and drink industry exports a couple of billion pounds worth of goods to the US every year, satisfying Americans's taste for specialist products like smoked salmon, Scotch whisky and artisan cheeses.
When the toddler woke up in his grandparents’ room on Wednesday, the smell of smoke hung in the air.
Neighbouring homes were checked for fire and smoke spread.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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