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noun
1.
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.
2.
something resembling this, as vapor or mist, flying particles, etc.
3.
something unsubstantial, evanescent, or without result: Their hopes and dreams proved to be smoke.
4.
an obscuring condition: the smoke of controversy.
5.
EXPANDan act or spell of smoking something, especially tobacco: They had a smoke during the intermission.
6.
something for smoking, as a cigar or cigarette: This is the best smoke on the market.
7.
Slang. marijuana.
8.
Slang. a homemade drink consisting of denatured alcohol and water.
9.
Physics, Chemistry. a system of solid particles suspended in a gaseous medium.
10.
COLLAPSEa bluish or brownish gray color.
verb (used without object)
11.
to give off or emit smoke, as in burning.
12.
to give out smoke offensively or improperly, as a stove.
13.
to send forth steam or vapor, dust, or the like.
14.
to draw into the mouth and puff out the smoke of tobacco or the like, as from a pipe or cigarette.
15.
EXPANDSlang. to ride or travel with great speed.
16.
COLLAPSEAustralian.
a.
to flee.
b.
to abscond.
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Go up in smoke
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| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
verb (used with object)
Verb phrase17.
to draw into the mouth and puff out the smoke of: to smoke tobacco.
18.
to use (a pipe, cigarette, etc.) in this process.
19.
to expose to smoke.
20.
to fumigate (rooms, furniture, etc.).
21.
EXPANDto cure (meat, fish, etc.) by exposure to smoke.
22.
COLLAPSEto color or darken by smoke.
23.
Idiomsmoke out,
a.
to drive from a refuge by means of smoke.
b.
to force into public view or knowledge; reveal: to smoke out the leaders of the spy ring.
24.
go up/end in smoke, to terminate without producing a result; be unsuccessful: All our dreams went up in smoke.
Origin:
before 1000; (noun) Middle English; Old English smoca; (v.) Middle English smoken, Old English smocian
before 1000; (noun) Middle English; Old English smoca; (v.) Middle English smoken, Old English smocian
Related forms
smoke·like, adjective
an·ti·smoke, adjective, noun
un·smoked, adjective
un·smok·ing, adjective
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
smoke
"cigarette," slang, 1882, from smoke (n.1). Also "opium" (1884). Meaning "a spell of smoking tobacco" is recorded from 1835.
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smoke  (smōk) Pronunciation Key
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. |
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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