Smoke Definition

smōk

smoked, smokes, smoking

noun

smokes

Vaporous matter arising from something burning and made visible by minute particles of carbon suspended in it.

Webster's New World

A mass or cloud of this.

Webster's New World

Any vapor, fume, mist, etc. resembling smoke.

Webster's New World

An act or period of smoking tobacco, etc.

Time out for a smoke.

Webster's New World

A suspension of solid particles in a gas.

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Synonyms:

verb

smoked, smokes, smoking

To engage in smoking regularly or habitually.

American Heritage Medicine

To discharge smoke in the wrong place, esp. into a room.

Webster's New World

To give off smoke or a smokelike substance.

Webster's New World

To stain or color with smoke.

Webster's New World

To give off too much smoke.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
fume
drag
smoke cigarettes
smoke a pipe
inhale
puff
use cigars
smudge
smolder
smoke-up
smother
vaporize
reek
burn

adjective

Of the colour known as smoke.

Wiktionary

Made of or with smoke.

Wiktionary

pronoun

(UK, slang, with "the") London.

I'm heading down to the Smoke later this week.

Wiktionary

idiom

smoke and mirrors

Something that deceives or distorts the truth:
Your explanation is nothing but smoke and mirrors.

American Heritage

go up in smoke

to be consumed by fire
to come to nothing; fail utterly

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Smoke

Noun

Singular:

smoke

Plural:

smokes

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Smoke

Origin of Smoke

From Middle English smoke, from Old English smoca (“smoke"), probably a derivative of the verb smocian (“to smoke, emit smoke; fumigate"), from Proto-Germanic *smukōnÄ… (“to smoke"), ablaut derivative of Proto-Germanic *smeukanÄ… (“to smoke"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meug(h)- (“to smoke"). Related to Old English smÄ“ocan (“to smoke, emit smoke; fumigate"), Dutch smook (“smoke"), Middle Low German smōk (“smoke"), German dialectal Schmauch (“smoke"), Bavarian schmuckelen (“to smell bad, reek").

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English smoca

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition