Smoke

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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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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).

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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