Search results for 'smoke':

smoke noun 1 a visible cloud given off by a burning substance, and consisting of tiny particles of carbon dispersed in a gas or a mixture of gases, eg air. 2 visible fumes or vapours. 3 a cloud or column of fumes. 4 colloq the act or process of smoking tobacco • Got time for a smoke? 5 colloq something that can be smoked, such as a cigarette or cigar. 6 (the Smoke) see the Big Smoke. verb (smoked, smoking) 1 intrans to give off smoke, visible fumes or vapours. 2 tr & intr to inhale and then exhale the smoke from burning tobacco or other substances in a cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc. 3 tr & intr to do this frequently, especially as a habit that is hard to break. 4 to cause oneself to be in a specific state by smoking. 5 to send or release smoke (especially in the wrong direction) • Oil lamps have a tendency to smoke. 6 to preserve or flavour food by exposing it to smoke. 7 to fumigate or sterilize. 8 to blacken or taint by smoke. 9 to dry with smoke. smokable adj fit or able to be smoked. go up in smoke 1 to be completely destroyed by fire. 2 colloq said of plans, etc: to be ruined completely; to come to nothing.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon smoca.