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Smoke   /smoʊk/   Listen
Smoke

noun
1.
A cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas.  Synonym: fume.
2.
A hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion.  Synonym: smoking.
3.
An indication of some hidden activity.
4.
Something with no concrete substance.  "It was just smoke and mirrors"
5.
Tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder.  Synonym: roll of tobacco.
6.
Street names for marijuana.  Synonyms: dope, gage, grass, green goddess, locoweed, Mary Jane, pot, sens, sess, skunk, weed.
7.
The act of smoking tobacco or other substances.  Synonym: smoking.  "Smoking stinks"
8.
(baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity.  Synonyms: bullet, fastball, heater, hummer.  "He showed batters nothing but smoke"
verb
(past & past part. smoked; pres. part. smoking)
1.
Inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes.  "Do you smoke?"
2.
Emit a cloud of fine particles.  Synonym: fume.



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"Smoke" Quotes from Famous Books



... low. An ashy cloak The golden ember now enshrines, And barely visible the smoke Upward in a thin stream inclines. But little warmth the fireplace lends, Tobacco smoke the flue ascends, The goblet still is bubbling bright— Outside descend the mists of night. How pleasantly the evening jogs When o'er a glass with friends we ...
— Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] - A Romance of Russian Life in Verse • Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin
... of the fife to his mouth, blew out all the flour, and in this humble imitation of the smoke of a gun, poor puss was run up to the batten, where she hung till she was dead. I am ashamed to say I did not attempt to save the kitten's life, although I caused her foul murder to be revenged by ...
— Frank Mildmay • Captain Frederick Marryat
... smoke? I never see a respectable man not smoking, sir, but I feel indignant with him for such sheer ...
— The Little Minister • J.M. Barrie
... of the exorcism died away when thick, blue smoke rose out of the grave, which rapidly grew into a cloud, and began to assume the outlines of a human body, until at last a tall, white figure stood behind the grave, and beckoned with ...
— Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories • Edited by Julian Hawthorne
... to draft; the conduct of the natives compelled it. Many of the aborigines were addicted to drinking more than was good for them of a species of brandy—a fiery concoction, with a "body" in it, called Cape Smoke. They staggered through the streets, rolled their eyes, flourished big sticks, and sang songs of Kafirland in a key that did not make for harmony. So the Colonel reasoned that he might as well write out another proclamation while ...
— The Siege of Kimberley • T. Phelan


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