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smoke

   [smohk] noun, verb, smoked, smok·ing.
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.
an act or spell of smoking something, especially tobacco: They had a smoke during the intermission.
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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.
a bluish or brownish gray color.
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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.
Slang. to ride or travel with great speed.
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16.
Australian.
a.
to flee.
b.
to abscond.
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verb (used with object)
17.
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.
to cure (meat, fish, etc.) by exposure to smoke.
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22.
to color or darken by smoke.
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Verb phrase
23.
smoke 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.
Idiom
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

Related forms
smoke·like, adjective
an·ti·smoke, adjective, noun
un·smoked, adjective
un·smok·ing, adjective
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Word Origin & History

smoke
"cigarette," slang, 1882, from smoke (n.1). Also "opium" (1884). Meaning "a spell of smoking tobacco" is recorded from 1835.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Science Dictionary
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.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary

smoke definition


  1. n.
    a tobacco cigarette; a pipe of tobacco; a cigar. : I think I'll have a smoke now.
  2. n.
    the act of smoking anything smokable, including drugs. : I need a smoke—of anything. , I'm going to stop here for a smoke.
  3. n.
    methyl alcohol; bad liquor; any liquor. : They call it smoke because when you mix it with water and shake it, it's cloudy.
  4. n.
    exaggeration; deception. (See also blow smoke; smoke and mirrors.) : If the smoke is too obvious, they'll just get suspicious.
  5. tv.
    to annihilate someone; to shoot someone. (Underworld.) : Rocko tried time and time again to smoke Marlowe, always without success.
  6. tv.
    to beat someone in a contest; to outrun, outdistance, or outplay someone. : Jill smoked Dave in the bicycle race.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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