Definition of smoke in English English dictionary
- The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material
- A light grey colour/color tinted with blue
smoke colour:.
- A fleeting illusion; something insubstantial, evanescent, unreal, transitory, or without result
The excitement behind the new candidate proved to be smoke.
- A fastball
- To inhale and exhale tobacco smoke regularly or habitually
Do you smoke?.
- To inhale and exhale the smoke from a burning cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc
He's smoking his pipe.
- Of the colour known as smoke
- Something used to obscure or conceal; an obscuring condition; see also smoke and mirrors
The smoke of controversy.
- To kill, especially with a gun
He got smoked by the mob.
- A particulate of solid or liquid particles dispersed into the air on the battlefield to degrade enemy ground or for aerial observation. Smoke has many uses--screening smoke, signaling smoke, smoke curtain, smoke haze, and smoke deception. Thus it is an artificial aerosol
- To preserve or prepare (food) for consumption by treating with smoke
You'll need to smoke the meat for several hours.
- An instance of smoking a cigarette, cigar, etc.; the duration of this act
I lit a pipe and had a good long smoke, and went on watching.
- To perform (e.g. music) energetically or skillfully. Almost always in present participle form
The horn section was really smokin' on that last tune.
- (The Smoke) London
- A cigarette
Can I bum a smoke off you? I need to go buy some smokes.
I have never smoked a cigarette in my life.
- I've never smoked a cigarette in my life.
I've never smoked a cigarette in my life.
- I have never smoked a cigarette in my life.
- To give off smoke
My old truck was still smoking even after the repairs.
- the act of smoking tobacco or other substances; "he went outside for a smoke"; "smoking stinks" 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 cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas 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" inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes; "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?
- {v} to emit smoke, trouble with or hang in smoke, burn, use tobacco, discover, ridicule
- {n} an exhalation from burning bodies
- (deyim) To murder someone with a gun
Chris keeps it up and he'll be smoked.
- something with no concrete substance; "his dreams all turned to smoke"; "it was just smoke and mirrors"
- Anything unsubstantial, as idle talk
- To preserve or cook through continuous exposure to wood smoke for a long time
- Foreign particles in the atmosphere resulting from a combustion process
- emit a cloud of fine particles; "The chimney was fuming"
- the act of smoking tobacco or other substances; "he went outside for a smoke"; "smoking stinks"
- If something goes up in smoke, it is destroyed by fire. More than 900 years of British history went up in smoke in the Great Fire of Windsor
- a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas 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"
- To ridicule to the face; to quiz
- by smoke; as, to smoke or fumigate infected clothing; to smoke beef or hams for preservation
- Smoke in various concentrations can cause significant problems for people with respiratory ailments It becomes a more universal hazard when visibilities are reduced to ¼ mile or less
- Hence, to burn; to be kindled; to rage
- The visible exhalation, vapor, or substance that escapes, or expelled, from a burning body, especially from burning vegetable matter, as wood, coal, peat, or the like
- Gas borne particulate matter in a sufficient amount to be observable
- To draw into the mouth the smoke of tobacco burning in a pipe or in the form of a cigar, cigarette, etc
- Fire or other smoke that historically or currently impacts a property
- Smoke consists of gas and small bits of solid material that are sent into the air when something burns. A cloud of black smoke blew over the city The air was thick with cigarette smoke
- {f} give off smoke; give off a smokelike vapor; inhale and exhale tobacco smoke; preserve and flavor food by exposing it to wood smoke; darken glass using smoke; travel quickly (Slang)
- A form of air pollution made up mostly of particulate matter Other components of smoke include gaseous air pollutants such as hydrocarbons, oxides of nitrogen, and carbon monoxide
- Small particles produced by combustion that are suspended in the air A transition to haze may occur when the smoke particles have traveled great distance (25 to 100 miles or more), and when the larger particles have settled out The remaining particles become widely scattered through the atmosphere It is reported as "FU" in an observation and on the METAR
- To subject to the operation of smoke, for the purpose of annoying or driving out; often with out; as, to smoke a woodchuck out of his burrow
- Pot, reefer, tea, grass, etc
- To apply smoke to; to hang in smoke; to disinfect, to cure, etc
- A special kind of aerosol that results from a thermal process such as combustion or thermal decomposition; the aerosol may be of solid particles or of liquid droplets
- Particles suspended in air after incomplete combustion of materials (Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, 1990)
- a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
- Dry particles and droplets generated by incomplete combustion of an organic material combined with and suspended in the gases from combustion
- If someone says there's no smoke without fire or where there's smoke there's fire, they mean that there are rumours or signs that something is true so it must be at least partly true
- to habitually use tobacco in this manner
- a particulate of solid or liquid part of low-vapor pressure that settles out slowly under gravity; in general smoke particles range downward from about 5 micrometers in diameter to less than 01 micrometer in diameter; also means the suspension of small liquid or solid particles in air; the filling for smoke munitions such as bombs shells and grenades; to produce signaling or screening smoke with any munition; generally any artificial aerosol
- Particles suspended in air after incomplete combustion
- Smoke is caused by forest fires or other human-related environmental factors Visibility will be reduced
- an emissions processing program that organizes emissions data in a way that it can be used as an input into Eulerian air quality models such as CAMx and CMAQ
- To raise a dust or smoke by rapid motion
- of smoking tobacco; as, to have a smoke
- An instance of smoking a cigarette, cigar, etc
- To inhale and puff out the smoke of, as tobacco; to burn or use in smoking; as, to smoke a pipe or a cigar
- {i} visible vapor given off by burning material; something which resembles smoke; something insubstantial; act of smoking tobacco; cigar, cigarette (Slang); something which conceals or hides
- (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke"
- To deliberately inhale the smoke from for example a cigarette, cigar, or pipe
- To smell out; to hunt out; to find out; to detect
- That which resembles smoke; a vapor; a mist
- To injure or kill something, especially with a gun
- inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes; "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?
- If something is smoking, smoke is coming from it. The chimney was smoking fiercely. a pile of smoking rubble
- To expose fresh food to smoke from a wood fire for a prolonged period of time Traditionally used for preservation purposes, smoking is now a means of giving flavor to food Smoking tends to dry the food, kills bacteria, deepens color and gives food a smoky flavor The duration of smoking varies from 20 minutes to several days The most commonly used woods are beech, oak and chestnut to which aromatic essences are often added Small home smokers are now available
- To detect, or rather to get a scent, of some plot or scheme The allusion is to the detection of robbers by the smoke seen to issue from their place of concealment No smoke without fire Every slander has some foundation The reverse (Atasözü), No fire without smoke, means no good without some drawback To end in smoke To come to no practical result The allusion is to kindling, which smokes, but will not light a fire To smoke the calumet (or pipe) of peace (See Calumet )
- If fish or meat is smoked, it is hung over burning wood so that the smoke preserves it and gives it a special flavour. the grid where the fish were being smoked. smoked bacon. see also smoked, smoking
- an indication of some hidden activity; "with all that smoke there must be a fire somewhere"
- To suffer severely; to be punished
- smoke alarm
- A smoke detector
- smoke alarms
- plural form of smoke alarm
- smoke and mirrors
- A deceptive, fraudulent, or unconvincing explanation or description
- smoke detector
- A device that sounds an alarm when it detects smoke
- smoke detectors
- plural form of smoke detector
- smoke dope
- To engage in fanciful reverie or wishful thinking
The engineers are smoking dope if they think the company can build this new computer for $100.
- smoke dope
- To smoke an illicit, intoxicating drug, especially marijuana
After their evening classes, the boys in the fraternity house would drink beer and smoke dope.
- smoke eater
- A device or piece of equipment designed to remove smoke from the air
- smoke eater
- A firefighter
- smoke eaters
- plural form of smoke eater
- smoke explosion
- An explosion of flue gases accumulated inside a burning building
- smoke explosions
- plural form of smoke explosion
- smoke jumper
- a firefighter trained and equipped to parachute into the fire zone in remote areas
- smoke jumpers
- plural form of smoke jumper
- smoke like a chimney
- To smoke tobacco frequently
- smoke out
- to expose
- smoke out
- to drive out using smoke
- smoke point
- The temperature at which an oil or shortening begins to produce smoke. Oils with a high smoke point are suitable for frying in; attempting to fry in a low smoke point oil would be a fire hazard and result in offensive tastes and odors in addition to making the air unbreathable
- smoke ring
- A smoking trick where one blows or exhales rings of smoke
A smoke ring persists for a surprisingly long time, illustrating the slow rate at which viscosity dissipates the energy of a vortex.
- smoke signal
- A method of long-distance communication sometimes used in ancient and undeveloped societies, consisting of messages conveyed by means of columns or intermittent puffs of smoke
However, there are still signs of the careful study of sources—the smoke-signal which brought Caesar news of the Pompeian escape (279; Caes.3.65.2) and the second fortification inside the camp which Caesar attacked (288; Caes.3.66.4-5).
- smoke signal
- A type of flare or combustion device sometimes used as a distress signal
A Huskie helicopter was whirring over the Gulf of Tonkin in search of Cullen when Vietnamese 1st Lieut. Nguyen Van Phu, who ditched his flaming Skyraider near the spot where the U.S. pilot went down, fired a smoke signal to attract its attention.
- smoke signal
- An indirect message or indication, especially concerning a future event
By every kind of wigwag and smoke signal in the language of diplomacy, the Administration seemed to be trying last week to tell Chinese Communist Boss Mao Tse-tung that he had nothing to worry about from the U.S.
- smoke signals
- plural form of smoke signal
- smoke test
- By extension, such an initial test on some other (not necessarily electronic) system, such as a computer program, again, not to perform any exhaustive tests of functionality, but simply to make sure that the system can be activated without any unexpected fireworks
- smoke test
- A test for leaks involving blowing smoke into a tube or pipe
- smoke test
- To perform any of the above tests
- smoke test
- A test to make sure that theatrical smoke will not set off the smoke alarms in a building
- smoke test
- A preliminary test on a newly-constructed piece of electronic equipment, consisting simply of the application of electrical power, to make sure that no egregious wiring errors exist which would cause the circuitry to emit smoke, catch fire, explode, etc
- smoke up
- to become filled with smoke
- smoke up
- to cook by smoking
- smoke up
- to smoke all of one's supplies
- smoke up
- to smoke, and get the effects from, a drug, especially marijuana
- smoke up
- to fill with smoke
- smoke wagon
- A handgun, especially a revolver
Familiar epithets for the revolver were ''equalizer, shootin' iron . . . smoke wagon.
- smoke wagons
- plural form of smoke wagon
- smoke-signal
- Alternative spelling of smoke signal
- smoke out
- drive out with smoke; "smoke out the bees
- smoke and mirrors
- Smoke and mirrors is a metaphor for a deceptive, fraudulent or insubstantial explanation or description
Some would say “You could develop a web application at least ten times faster with Rails than you could with a typical Java framework...” Well, while impressive, this is nothing but smoke and mirrors.
- smoke eater
- Firefighter
- smoke hood
- A Smoke Hood is a protective device similar in concept to a gas mask
- smoke-filled
- containing smoke; "smoke-filled rooms
- smoke a doobie
- smoke a marijuana cigarette, smoke a joint (Slang)
- smoke a pipe
- smoke from a wooden device
- smoke alarm
- A smoke alarm or a smoke detector is a device fixed to the ceiling of a room which makes a loud noise if there is smoke in the air, to warn people. a piece of electronic equipment which warns you when there is smoke or fire in a building
- smoke alarm
- an alarm that is tripped off by fire or smoke
- smoke ammunition
- explosives that emit smoke (used for signaling and camouflage)
- smoke ball
- Same as Puffball
- smoke ball
- {i} puffball, any fungus with a spherical spore case; ball or case that contains a composition that sends forward thick smoke when it burns (Military)
- smoke bomb
- bomb which emits smoke in order to create a smoke screen or signal
- smoke bomb
- a bomb that gives off thick smoke when it explodes; used to make a smoke screen or to mark a position
- smoke bomb
- A smoke bomb is a bomb that produces clouds of smoke when it explodes. A bomb designed to give out thick smoke upon exploding, used especially to mark a target or to create a smoke screen. something that lets out clouds of smoke when it is thrown, used especially by police to control crowds
- smoke bush
- any of various shrubs of the genus Conospermum with panicles of mostly white woolly flowers
- smoke detector
- An alarm device that automatically detects the presence of smoke. Also called smoke alarm
- smoke grenade
- type of explosive which emits smoke when activated
- smoke grenade
- smoke bomb: a bomb that gives off thick smoke when it explodes; used to make a smoke screen or to mark a position
- smoke hole
- a vent (as in a roof) for smoke to escape
- smoke inhalation
- breathing of smoke into the lungs
- smoke inhalation injury
- injury caused by breathing in smoke
- smoke like a chimney
- chain smoke, smoke one cigarette after another, smoke a lot
- smoke out
- drive out with smoke; "smoke out the bees"
- smoke out
- If you smoke out someone who is hiding, you discover them and make them publicly known. The committee have tried dozens of different ways to smoke him out. technology to smoke out tax evaders
- smoke out
- force out from hiding by smoke
- smoke rings
- circles of smoke
- smoke screen
- thick fog that forms due to an explosion; misleading, diversion, deceptive screen
- smoke screen
- an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure; "requesting new powers of surveillance is just a smokescreen to hide their failures"
- smoke screen
- (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements
- smoke shell
- special shell that emits smoke and is used for marking and camouflage
- smoke signal
- If someone such as a politician or businessman sends out smoke signals, they give an indication of their views and intentions. This indication is often not clear and needs to be worked out. The smoke signals from the central bank suggest further cuts are coming. a message sent out to people who are far away, using the smoke from a fire, used especially by Native Americans in past times
- smoke signal
- indication made from gas which is generally found in particles generated during a fire, signal made from smoke made in order to be located by others in a certain area
- smoke tree
- grayish-green shrub of desert regions of southwestern United States nd Mexico having sparse foliage and terminal spikes of bluish violet flowers; locally important as source of a light-colored honey of excellent flavor any of several shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Cotinus
- smoke tree
- Either of two deciduous plants, Cotinus obovatus, a tree of the southern United States, or C. coggygria, a shrub of Eurasia, having plumelike clusters of small yellowish flowers
- smoke-filled room
- disapproval If you talk about a decision being made in a smoke-filled room, you mean that it is made by a small group of people in a private meeting, rather than in a more democratic or open way. long discussions in smoke-filled rooms. used to talk about a place where plans or decisions are made secretly by a small group of powerful people rather than in an open way - used especially in newspapers
- smoke-free
- free of smoke; "smoke-free offices and restaurants
- smoke-free
- smoke-free environment/zone etc a place where people are not allowed to smoke = non-smoking
- Big Smoke
- A nickname for the city of Toronto
- blow smoke
- To speak with a lack of credibility, sense, purpose, or truth; to speak nonsense
Are these statistics they cite verifiable, or are they just blowing smoke, trying to scare people?.
- blow smoke up someone's ass
- Alternative form of blow smoke
- chain-smoke
- To smoke by continuously lighting one from another
The two of them chain-smoked a dime bag's worth of marijuana.
- chain-smoke
- To smoke tobacco cigarettes frequently
- chain-smoke
- To smoke cigarettes by continuously lighting one from the glowing end of the previous one
- deliberate smoke
- Smoke operations which are planned with much detail for implementation over large areas or relatively long time periods
- go up in smoke
- To catch fire and burn
- go up in smoke
- To be completely ruined
When the bank refused the credit, all our plans went up in smoke.
- holy smoke
- An expression of surprise
- no smoke without fire
- Gossip or accusations are often substantiated by fact
- put that in your pipe and smoke it
- Used after stating something surprising or undesired, to emphasize its truth. Also used after refuting an argument. Sometimes an adjective is inserted before pipe
There's plenty of room for improvement in it, I don't deny; but it's my belief, Snap, if you was to try to do some of the improvement, you'd find you'd such a lot to do in your own self that you'd begin to doubt whether you was quite a proper judge about other folk's badness. Put that in your pipe, old boy, and smoke it. Good night, Snap; we'll be going now, sir, if it's convenient..
- screening smoke
- Smoke clouds used by the military for blinding, covering and deception
- second-hand smoke
- The smoke from cigarettes, especially in an enclosed environment, that any person including non-smokers could breathe in
- secondhand smoke
- Smoke from cigarettes as inhaled by people who are not smoking
- secondhand-smoke
- Attributive form of secondhand smoke
secondhand-smoke inhalation.
- smoked
- Simple past tense and past participle of smoke
- smoking
- Giving off smoke
- smoking
- Present participle of smoke
- stick that in your pipe and smoke it
- Alternative form of put that in your pipe and smoke it
- throw smoke
- To consistently pitch fastballs that are difficult to hit
He has been throwing smoke all game.
- where there's smoke, there's fire
- If there is telltale evidence of some event, the event is probably occurring
- white smoke
- The announcement to the outside world that a conclave has chosen a new Pope
- smokeless
- {a} having no smoke
- big smoke
- Any large town
- blow smoke
- (deyim) Say things that are not true in order to make yourself or something you are involved with seem better than it is
The team put on an unbelievable performance. I'm not just blowing smoke - they were great.
- environmental tobacco smoke
- Smoke that comes from the burning end of a cigarette and smoke that is exhaled by smokers. Also called ETS or second-hand smoke. Inhaling ETS is called involuntary or passive smoking
- holy smoke
- (deyim) Used to express surprise. What a sight! Holy cow! Wow!
Holy smoke, he was weird! He had purple hair!.
- main stream smoke
- Smoke that is drawn through the cigarillo upon puffing
- secondhand smoke
- Tobacco smoke that is exhaled by smokers or is given off by burning tobacco and is inhaled by persons nearby
- side stream smoke
- Side stream smoke is smoke coming from the end of a smoldering cigarette. The chemical constituents of sidestream smoke are different from those of directly inhaled ("mainstream") smoke
- sidestream smoke
- Sidestream smoke is smoke coming from the end of a smoldering cigarette. The chemical constituents of sidestream smoke are different from those of directly inhaled ("mainstream") smoke
- smoked
- Of food, preserved by treatment with smoke
- smoked
- {s} preserved and flavored by exposure to wood smoke (of food)
- smoked
- (used especially of meats and fish) dried and cured in wood smoke
- smoked
- Smoked glass has been made darker by being treated with smoke. a white van with smoked glass windows. see also smoke. smoked salmon/bacon/sausage etc fish, meat etc that has been left in smoke to give it a special taste
- smoked
- past tense of the verb smoke
- smokeless
- without smoke, especially if this is an exception to the standard
- smokeless
- Making or having no smoke
- smokeless
- Smokeless fuel burns without producing smoke
- smokeless
- emitting or containing little or no smoke; "smokeless factory stacks"; "smokeless fuel"; "a smokeless environment
- smokeless
- {s} emitting little or no smoke
- smokes
- third-person singular of smoke
- smokes
- plural of smoke
- smoking
- emitting smoke in great volume; "a smoking fireplace
- smoking
- emitting smoke in great volume; "a smoking fireplace"
- smoking
- The action of the verb to smoke
- smoking
- The inhalation of tobacco, or use substances
- smoking
- from Smoke
- smoking
- {i} type of jacket
- smoking
- {i} emission of smoke or smoke like vapor; inhalation and exhalation of tobacco smoke
- smoking
- A smoking area is intended for people who want to smoke. the decision to scrap smoking compartments on Kent trains. see also smoke, passive smoking. the activity of breathing in tobacco smoke from a cigarette, pipe etc stop/quit/give up smoking. Breathing the fumes of burning plant material, especially tobacco, from a cigarette, cigar, or pipe. Despite social and medical arguments against tobacco use, the habit has spread worldwide. Nicotine and related alkaloids furnish the psychoactive effects and, along with tar (a residue containing resins and other by-products), the negative health effects. Those effects include lung cancer, oral and throat cancers, heart disease, stroke, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and macular degeneration. Smoking also increases the effects of other risk factors (see asbestosis). Passive smoking (breathing the smoke from others' cigarettes) increases nonsmokers' risk of lung cancer and the risk of sudden infant death syndrome. Self-help and doctor-run programs, along with nicotine patches and gums that provide diminishing doses of nicotine, are among the aids available to help those who wish to quit smoking. Antismoking campaigns have greatly reduced smoking in the U.S. even as it rises in many other countries
- smoking
- Sexually attractive, usually referring to a woman
- smoking
- the act of smoking tobacco or other substances; "he went outside for a smoke"; "smoking stinks"
- smoking
- That which smokes or smoke, in the sense of giving off smoke
- smoking
- {s} pertaining to smoking; designated for smokers (i.e. section of a restaurant); emitting smoke; addicted to the smoking of tobacco
- smoking
- Smoking is the act or habit of smoking cigarettes, cigars, or a pipe. Smoking is now banned in many places of work. a no-smoking area
- smoking
- 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"
- smokings
- plural of smoking