smoke

[[t]smoʊk[/t]]

n. v. smoked, smok•ing

1) chem. the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning substance, esp. the mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood or other organic matter

2) something resembling this, as vapor or mist

3) something unsubstantial, fleeting, or without result

4) an obscuring condition:

the smoke of controversy[/ex]

5) an act or spell of smoking something, esp. tobacco

6) something for smoking, as a cigarette

7) phs Physics, Chem. a system of solid particles suspended in a gaseous medium

8) a bluish or brownish gray

9) to give off or emit smoke, as in burning

10) to give out smoke offensively or improperly, as a stove

11) to send forth steam or vapor, dust, or the like

12) to draw into the mouth and puff out the smoke of tobacco or the like, as from a pipe or cigarette

13) sts Slang. to move or travel with great speed

14) to draw into the mouth and puff out the smoke of:

to smoke tobacco[/ex]

15) to use (a pipe, cigarette, etc.) in this process

16) to expose to smoke

17) to fumigate (rooms, furniture, etc.)

18) coo to cure (meat, fish, etc.) by exposure to smoke

19) to color or darken by smoke

20) phv smoke out

a) to drive from a refuge by means of smoke

b) to force into public view or knowledge; expose

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- blow smoke go up in smoke

Etymology: bef. 1000; (n.) ME; OE smoca, akin to MDsmoock, MHGsmouch; (v.) ME smoken, OE smocian smok′a•ble, smoke′a•ble, adj. smoke′less, adj.