smoke
Noun:
- Visible vapor from burning: A visible suspension of fine carbon particles and other gases in the air, produced by combustion or fire.
- The act of inhaling tobacco: The act or practice of drawing in and exhaling the smoke of tobacco, especially from a cigarette, cigar, or pipe.
- A cigarette or cigar: (Informal) A cigarette, cigar, or similar item for smoking.
- Something insubstantial or deceptive: Something with no concrete substance or reality; an illusion or deception.
- An indication of hidden activity: A sign or hint that something secret or improper is happening.
Verb:
- To emit smoke: To give off smoke or visible vapor.
- To inhale smoke: To draw in and exhale the smoke of burning tobacco, marijuana, or another substance through the mouth.
- To preserve or flavor with smoke: To expose food (like meat or fish) to smoke in order to preserve or flavor it.
- To detect or suspect: (Archaic/Informal) To sense, suspect, or discover something.
Noun:
- The smoke from the campfire rose into the night sky.
- He stepped outside for a quick smoke.
- His promises turned out to be nothing but smoke.
- Where there's smoke, there's fire.
Verb:
- The chimney began to smoke heavily.
- Do you smoke?
- They smoke salmon over hickory wood.
- I smoke a plot in his actions.
"To go up in smoke": To be destroyed by fire; to fail completely or come to nothing.
- All their careful plans went up in smoke after the funding was cut.
"Smoke and mirrors": The use of deceptive or misleading information or actions.
- The company's financial report was all smoke and mirrors.
"To smoke out": To force someone or something out of hiding; to uncover or reveal.
- The investigation aimed to smoke out the corrupt officials.
Smoky (adj): Filled with or smelling of smoke; having the appearance or color of smoke.
- The smoky room made my eyes water.
Smoker (n): A person who smokes tobacco regularly; a device or compartment for smoking food.
- He is a heavy smoker.
Smoking (n/adj): The action or habit of inhaling and exhaling tobacco smoke; designated for the act of smoking.
- Smoking is prohibited here.
- Fume (n/v): Gas, smoke, or vapor, especially when irritating or dangerous; to emit fumes.
- Haze (n): A slight obscuration of the lower atmosphere, typically caused by fine suspended particles.
- Puff (n/v): A short, explosive burst of breath or smoke; to smoke in short breaths.
Smoke out: To force into the open; to discover and reveal.
- The journalist tried to smoke out the truth.
Smoke over/up: To fill a place with smoke.
- The faulty engine smoked up the entire garage.
No smoke without fire: (Proverb) Rumors or accusations usually have some basis in truth.
- Everyone is talking about the scandal, and there's no smoke without fire.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it: (Informal) Used to tell someone to accept a particular fact, especially an unwelcome one.
- I'm not changing my mind, so you can put that in your pipe and smoke it.
- (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity
- he swung late on the fastball
- he showed batters nothing but smoke
- the act of smoking tobacco or other substances
- he went outside for a smoke
- smoking stinks
- street names for marijuana
- tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder
- something with no concrete substance
- his dreams all turned to smoke
- it was just smoke and mirrors
- an indication of some hidden activity
- with all that smoke there must be a fire somewhere
- a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion
- the fire produced a tower of black smoke that could be seen for miles
- a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
- emit a cloud of fine particles
- The chimney was fuming
- inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes
- We never smoked marijuana
- Do you smoke?