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Smoke

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English

Pronunciation

smōk, /sməʊk/, /sm@Uk/

Noun

smoke (uncountable and countable; plural smokes )

  1. (uncountable) Very fine particles and vapor/vapour given off by burning material.
  2. An instance of smoking a cigarette, cigar, etc.
    I'm going out to have a smoke.
  3. (slang) A cigarette.

Synonyms

  • (cigarette): cig (British) ciggy (British), fag (British)

Translations

particles and vapor/vapour given off by burning material

  • Dutch: rook m, walm m
  • Esperanto: fumo
  • Finnish: savu
  • French: fumée f
  • Guarani: timbo
  • Ido: fumo
  • Interlingua: fumo
  • Italian: fumo m

an instance of smoking

  • Finnish savut plural

slang: a cigarette

  • Dutch: sigaret f
  • Finnish: sätkä , rööki
  • French: cigarette f, clope f (slang)
  • Guarani: petỹ

Transitive verb

to smoke (smoked , smoked)

  1. To deliberately inhale the smoke from (a pipe, a cigarette, etc.).
    He's smoking his pipe.
  2. To use tobacco habitually.
    Do you smoke?

Translations

deliberately inhale the smoke from

  • Polish: palić (fajkę, papierosa)

use tobacco habitually

  • Finnish: polttaa , tupakoida
  • French: fumer
  • Italian: fumare
  • Polish: palić (fajkę, papierosa)

Intransitive verb

to smoke (smoking , smoked , smoked)

  1. To give off smoke.

Translations

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  • Greek: (kapno), (kapnizo)
  • Guarani: timbo
  • Romanian: fuma
  • Portuguese: fumegar , fumar
  • Spanish: fumar
  • Swedish: röka
  • Tupinambá: timbora ; petymbu

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