Smoke
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /sməʊk/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Smoke is a noun meaning (uncountable) The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.
Meaning
(uncountable) The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.
More Meanings
- (colloquial, countable) A cigarette.
- (colloquial, uncountable) Anything to smoke (e.g. cigarettes, marijuana, etc.)
- (colloquial, countable, never plural) An instance of smoking a cigarette, cigar, etc.; the duration of this act.
- (uncountable, figuratively) A fleeting illusion; something insubstantial, evanescent, unreal, transitory, or without result.
- (uncountable, figuratively) Something used to obscure or conceal; an obscuring condition; see also smoke and mirrors.
- (uncountable) A light grey color tinted with blue.
- (uncountable, slang) Bother, trouble; problems; hassle.
Example Sentences
Hey, you got some smoke?
I'm going out for a smoke.
ERCS Guard: Got a smoke? We're all out.
Can I bum a smoke off you?; I need to go buy some smokes.
Word Forms
- smokes
- smoak
- smoking
- smoked
- smoken
Synonyms for smoke
Depending on context, synonyms include cig, ciggy, fag, gage, fume, pot.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fume, marihuana, ganja, pot, marijuana, cannabis.
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Sources & Attribution
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