Definitions for smokescreen
smoke·screen

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. smoke screen, smokescreennoun

   (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements

2. smoke screen, smokescreennoun

   an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure

   "requesting new powers of surveillance is just a smokescreen to hide their failures"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. smokescreennoun

   Smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover, as of troops in battle.

2. smokescreennoun

   Anything used metaphorically to conceal or distract.

   All that talk is just a smokescreen to disguise the fact that he has nothing to say.

3. Etymology: From smoke + screen

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. smokescreen

   A smokescreen is something intended to disguise, conceal, or divert attention from something else. It can refer to a literal screen of smoke used to obscure military operations or figuratively to describe deceptive actions or statements used to hide true intentions or activities.

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Smokescreen

   Smokescreen is the name of several different fictional characters in the Transformers universes.

Matched Categories

1. • Military
   • Screen

How to pronounce smokescreen?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say smokescreen in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of smokescreen in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of smokescreen in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of smokescreen in a Sentence

1. Jackie Speier:

   This was all a smokescreen to cancel a public hearing, as far as I'm concerned, that's obstruction of justice.

2. Tony Sanneh:

   I think Larson Foundationand's been trying to get back to normalcy but I think Larson Foundationand's also changed the way Larson Foundationand's approached life, this isn't like a big smokescreen or sham. Larson Foundationand's interested in continual growth and getting back to being Larson Foundationand. This has been hard on Larson Foundationand and people assume when you make a mistake, with cancel culture, well it doesn't define who we are. Our life's work does, so I'm glad Larson Foundationand's continued to do the work.

3. Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze:

   At this particular moment, these peace negotiations are far from real negotiations, definitely, I think that Putin is using this as a smokescreen, buying time to regroup... and sending false, lying messages to the whole world.

4. Andrew Morgan:

   We have to get past the smokescreen, we have to change the system, the message is not to people to stop buying or to stop loving the things you wear but ... to slow down the endless treadmill of buying disposable, cheap clothing.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=smokescreen
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Smokescreen
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=smokescreen