Meaning

Clipping of vaporizer (“device in electronic cigarettes”).

Definitions by Sense

1. Clipping of vaporizer (“device in electronic cigarettes”)
2. (intransitive, informal) To inhale the vapor produced by a non-combustible cigarette, most commonly an electronic cigarette.
3. (informal) The smoking of a non-combustible cigarette, most commonly an electronic cigarette.

Example Sentences

I won't buy a vape anytime soon because one may cost up to $20.

‘So you do actually want to be’ – Prynce took a drag on his vape, a slim black thing that looked no different in size and shape to a tube of liquid eyeliner – ‘an influencer?’

"E-smoking" is a bit of a handful, "Misting" sounds far too fey, "Vaporizing" or "Vaping" has drug connotations. There must be a better word for my new hobby! Suggestions?

I have received both my Sedansa and Njoy ciggies. ... They vape about the same. I can drip in both cigs, whether into the atomizer or into the filter. ... The e-cig minicig from .......... sucks -- and I don't mean literally. I can't get anything out of them. I don't like their pipe either. It vapes plenty; you just can't inhale and exhale much of anything.

"Vaping" is just a fancy way to avoid the term "smoking", since smoking is illegal everywhere and these things don't burn anything and don't produce second-hand smoke.

Electronic cigarettes, battery-powered devices that convert a solution of nicotine and other chemicals into a vapor that can be inhaled, or "vaped," have the potential to wean a vast number of smokers off cigarettes. […] The problem is, not enough smokers are switching to e-cigarettes, despite their relative safety – and understandably so. Smokers are barraged with news about inaccurate labeling, shoddy counterfeits and poorly made e-cigarettes that emit toxins and cancer-causing chemicals in vapor. […] [T]he F.D.A. should allow companies to tell smokers about the benefits of switching to vaping products.

Zack was standing outside the podium of the Shard having a vape when Terence dropped her and Patrick off at 8.20pm.

Word Forms

• vapes
• vaping
• vaped

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