Smokescreen
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsmoʊkˌskɹin/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Smokescreen is a noun meaning Smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover, as of troops in battle.
Meaning
Smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover, as of troops in battle.
More Meanings
- (figuratively) Anything used metaphorically to conceal or distract.
Example Sentences
All that talk is just a smokescreen to disguise the fact that he has nothing to say.
It was all very plausible and, as he poured out his smokescreen of words, I became fidgety for fear Fallon would be too direct with him.
C.I.E. Class "D14" 4-4-0 No. 89 covers its tracks with a magnificent smokescreen as it pulls out of Dun Laoghaire with the 9.0 a.m. boat train for Dublin.
Ensign Whitely began to tell of the surprise encounter of Admiral Sprague’s escort-carrier force with the main battle line of the Japanese Navy off Samar, in a chaos of rain squalls and smoke screens.
Word Forms
- smokescreens
- smoke screen
- smoke-screen
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cover, smoke, cloak, coverage, diversion, diversionary.
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