noun
1. the act of smoking tobacco or other substances (Freq. 1)
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he went outside for a smoke
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smoking stinks
• Syn: ↑smoke
• Hypernyms: ↑breathing, ↑external respiration, ↑respiration, ↑ventilation
• Hyponyms: ↑puffing
2. a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion
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the fire produced a tower of black smoke that could be seen for miles
• Syn: ↑smoke
• Hypernyms: ↑vaporization, ↑vaporisation, ↑vapor, ↑vapour, ↑evaporation
adjective
emitting smoke in great volume
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a smoking fireplace
• Similar to: ↑smoky
Useful english dictionary. 2012.