What does Smoke mean?
Definitions for Smoke
smoʊkSmoke
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word Smoke.
Princeton's WordNet
smoke, fume(noun)
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
smoke, smoking(noun)
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"
smoke(noun)
an indication of some hidden activity
"with all that smoke there must be a fire somewhere"
smoke(noun)
something with no concrete substance
"his dreams all turned to smoke"; "it was just smoke and mirrors"
roll of tobacco, smoke(noun)
tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder
pot, grass, green goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane(noun)
street names for marijuana
smoke, smoking(noun)
the act of smoking tobacco or other substances
"he went outside for a smoke"; "smoking stinks"
fastball, heater, smoke, hummer, bullet(verb)
(baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity
"he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke"
smoke(verb)
inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes
"We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?"
fume, smoke(verb)
emit a cloud of fine particles
"The chimney was fuming"
Wiktionary
smoke(Noun)
The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.
Etymology: Old English smoca.
smoke(Noun)
A cigarette.
Can I bum a smoke off you? I need to go buy some smokes.
Etymology: Old English smoca.
smoke(Noun)
An instance of smoking a cigarette, cigar, etc.; the duration of this act.
I'm going out for a smoke.
Etymology: Old English smoca.
smoke(Noun)
A fleeting illusion; something insubstantial, evanescent, unreal, transitory, or without result.
The excitement behind the new candidate proved to be smoke.
Etymology: Old English smoca.
smoke(Noun)
Something used to obscure or conceal; an obscuring condition; see also smoke and mirrors.
The smoke of controversy.
Etymology: Old English smoca.
smoke(Noun)
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.
Etymology: Old English smoca.
smoke(Noun)
A fastball.
Etymology: Old English smoca.
smoke(Noun)
(The Smoke) London
Etymology: Old English smoca.
smoke(Verb)
To inhale and exhale the smoke from a burning cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc.
He's smoking his pipe.
Etymology: Old English smoca.
smoke(Verb)
To inhale and exhale tobacco smoke regularly or habitually.
Do you smoke?
Etymology: Old English smoca.
smoke(Verb)
To give off smoke.
My old truck was still smoking even after the repairs.
Etymology: Old English smoca.
smoke(Verb)
To preserve or prepare (food) for consumption by treating with smoke.
You'll need to smoke the meat for several hours.
Etymology: Old English smoca.
smoke(Verb)
To perform (e.g. music) energetically or skillfully. Almost always in present participle form.
The horn section was really smokin' on that last tune.
Etymology: Old English smoca.
smoke(Verb)
To kill, especially with a gun.
He got smoked by the mob.
Etymology: Old English smoca.
smoke(Verb)
To beat someone at something.
We smoked them at rugby.
Etymology: Old English smoca.
smoke(Adjective)
Of the colour known as smoke.
Etymology: Old English smoca.
Webster Dictionary
Smoke(noun)
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
Etymology: [AS. smocian; akin to D. smoken, G. schmauchen, Dan. smge. See Smoke, n.]
Smoke(noun)
that which resembles smoke; a vapor; a mist
Etymology: [AS. smocian; akin to D. smoken, G. schmauchen, Dan. smge. See Smoke, n.]
Smoke(noun)
anything unsubstantial, as idle talk
Etymology: [AS. smocian; akin to D. smoken, G. schmauchen, Dan. smge. See Smoke, n.]
Smoke(noun)
the act of smoking, esp. of smoking tobacco; as, to have a smoke
Etymology: [AS. smocian; akin to D. smoken, G. schmauchen, Dan. smge. See Smoke, n.]
Smoke(noun)
to emit smoke; to throw off volatile matter in the form of vapor or exhalation; to reek
Etymology: [AS. smocian; akin to D. smoken, G. schmauchen, Dan. smge. See Smoke, n.]
Smoke(noun)
hence, to burn; to be kindled; to rage
Etymology: [AS. smocian; akin to D. smoken, G. schmauchen, Dan. smge. See Smoke, n.]
Smoke(noun)
to raise a dust or smoke by rapid motion
Etymology: [AS. smocian; akin to D. smoken, G. schmauchen, Dan. smge. See Smoke, n.]
Smoke(noun)
to draw into the mouth the smoke of tobacco burning in a pipe or in the form of a cigar, cigarette, etc.; to habitually use tobacco in this manner
Etymology: [AS. smocian; akin to D. smoken, G. schmauchen, Dan. smge. See Smoke, n.]
Smoke(noun)
to suffer severely; to be punished
Etymology: [AS. smocian; akin to D. smoken, G. schmauchen, Dan. smge. See Smoke, n.]
Smoke(verb)
to apply smoke to; to hang in smoke; to disinfect, to cure, etc., by smoke; as, to smoke or fumigate infected clothing; to smoke beef or hams for preservation
Etymology: [AS. smocian; akin to D. smoken, G. schmauchen, Dan. smge. See Smoke, n.]
Smoke(verb)
to fill or scent with smoke; hence, to fill with incense; to perfume
Etymology: [AS. smocian; akin to D. smoken, G. schmauchen, Dan. smge. See Smoke, n.]
Smoke(verb)
to smell out; to hunt out; to find out; to detect
Etymology: [AS. smocian; akin to D. smoken, G. schmauchen, Dan. smge. See Smoke, n.]
Smoke(verb)
to ridicule to the face; to quiz
Etymology: [AS. smocian; akin to D. smoken, G. schmauchen, Dan. smge. See Smoke, n.]
Smoke(verb)
to inhale and puff out the smoke of, as tobacco; to burn or use in smoking; as, to smoke a pipe or a cigar
Etymology: [AS. smocian; akin to D. smoken, G. schmauchen, Dan. smge. See Smoke, n.]
Smoke(verb)
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
Etymology: [AS. smocian; akin to D. smoken, G. schmauchen, Dan. smge. See Smoke, n.]
Freebase
Smoke
Smoke is a collection of airborne solid and liquid particulates and gases emitted when a material undergoes combustion or pyrolysis, together with the quantity of air that is entrained or otherwise mixed into the mass. It is commonly an unwanted by-product of fires, but may also be used for pest control, communication, defensive and offensive capabilities in the military, cooking, or smoking. Smoke is used in rituals, when incense, sage, or resin is burned to produce a smell for spiritual purposes. Smoke is sometimes used as a flavoring agent, and preservative for various foodstuffs. Smoke is also a component of internal combustion engine exhaust gas, particularly diesel exhaust. Smoke inhalation is the primary cause of death in victims of indoor fires. The smoke kills by a combination of thermal damage, poisoning and pulmonary irritation caused by carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide and other combustion products. Smoke particles are an aerosol of solid particles and liquid droplets that are close to the ideal range of sizes for Mie scattering of visible light. This effect has been likened to three-dimensional textured privacy glass — a smoke cloud does not obstruct an image, but thoroughly scrambles it.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Smoke
smōk, n. the vapour from a burning body—a common term for the volatile products of the imperfect combustion of such organic substances as wood or coal.—v.i. to emit smoke: to smoke out instead of upward, owing to imperfect draught: to draw in and puff out the smoke of tobacco: to raise smoke by moving rapidly: to burn, to rage: to suffer, as from punishment.—v.t. to apply smoke to: to dry, scent, or medicate by smoke: to inhale the smoke of: to use in smoking: to try to expel by smoking: to scent out, discover: to quiz, ridicule: to thrash.—ns. Smoke′-black, lampblack; Smoke′-board, a board suspended before the upper part of a fireplace to prevent the smoke coming out into the room; Smoke′-box, part of a steam-boiler where the smoke is collected before passing out at the chimney; Smoke′-consū′mer, an apparatus for burning all the smoke from a fire.—adj. Smoke′-dried.—v.t. Smoke′-dry, to cure or dry by means of smoke.—ns. Smoke′-house, a building where meat or fish is cured by smoking, or where smoked meats are stored; Smoke′-jack, a contrivance for turning a jack by means of a wheel turned by the current of air ascending a chimney.—adj. Smoke′less, destitute of smoke.—adv. Smokel′essly.—ns. Smoke′lessness; Smō′ker, one who smokes tobacco: a smoking-carriage: one who smoke-dries meat: an evening entertainment at which smoking is permitted; Smoke′-sail, a small sail hoisted between the galley-funnel and the foremast when a vessel rides head to the wind; Smoke′-shade, a scale of tints ranging from 0 to 10, for comparison of different varieties of coal, according to the amount of unburnt carbon in their smoke; Smoke′-stack, an upright pipe through which the combustion-gases from a steam-boiler pass into the open air.—adj. Smoke′-tight, impervious to smoke.—ns. Smoke′-tree, an ornamental shrub of the cashew family, with long light feathery or cloud-like fruit-stalks; Smoke′-wash′er, an apparatus for removing soot and particles of unburnt carbon from smoke by making it pass through water; Smoke′-wood, the virgin's bower (Clematis Vitalba), whose porous stems are smoked by boys.—adv. Smō′kily.—ns. Smō′kiness; Smō′king, the act of emitting smoke: the act or habit of drawing into the mouth and emitting the fumes of tobacco by means of a pipe or cigar—a habit of great sedative value: a bantering; Smō′king-cap, -jack′et, a light ornamental cap or jacket often worn by smokers; Smō′king-carr′iage, -room, a railway-carriage, -room, supposed to be set apart for smokers.—adj. Smō′ky, giving out smoke: like smoke: filled, or subject to be filled, with smoke: tarnished or noisome with smoke: (obs.) suspicious.—On a smoke (B.), smoking, or on fire
The New Hacker's Dictionary
smoke
1. To crash or blow up, usually spectacularly. “The new version smoked, just like the last one.” Used for both hardware (where it often describes an actual physical event), and software (where it's merely colorful). 2. [from automotive slang] To be conspicuously fast. “That processor really smokes.” Compare magic smoke.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
smoke
In polar parlance, a peculiar but natural result of the conversion of water into ice, which is too often supposed to indicate open water.
Rap Dictionary
smoke(verb)
Killing someone. "Right then, I knew I had to smoke his ass" -- N.W.A. (Gangsta gangsta).
smoke(verb)
To get smoked: to get under the influence of drugs. "I'm in the land gettin' smoked with my kinfolk" - Tha Luniz (I Got 5 On It)
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British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Smoke' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3493
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Smoke' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2312
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Smoke' in Nouns Frequency: #1432
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Smoke' in Verbs Frequency: #584
Anagrams for Smoke »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Smoke in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Smoke in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of Smoke in a Sentence
For a British home secretary to accuse and castigate ordinary people when the facts of this incident are not yet even known is shocking and disturbing, this is not simply a careless, off-the-cuff emotional response. It is a misleading, opportunistic smoke screen concocted to deflect attention from the multiple warnings Clare Mosley has had about what was clearly going to happen at Napier Barracks.
There was smoke, there was blood.
He's as relaxed and as focused and as excited as I've seen him in three or four years, the last few years have been trying on everybody, including himself. But he realized he needed to get focused and come back in a better place. He's really truly glad to be here. Smoke wants to prove to the world that he's not done, and we all know that can be a dangerous thing.
I have smoked with my older two, it was funny at first, and then they realized, it’s a very natural, end-of-the-day [thing] … And it brings you much closer. I’d much rather have a smoke with my grown kids than a drink — oh, God, no.
The earlier an individual is exposed to smoke, the longer the smoke has time to create an adverse effect.
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- دخانArabic
- kouřCzech
- røgDanish
- rauchenGerman
- καπνόςGreek
- fumoEsperanto
- humoSpanish
- دودPersian
- savuFinnish
- fuméeFrench
- deataighIrish
- धुआंHindi
- füstHungarian
- ծխելArmenian
- merokokIndonesian
- fumoItalian
- עשןHebrew
- 煙Japanese
- ಹೊಗೆKannada
- fumiLatin
- rookDutch
- røykNorwegian
- palićPolish
- fumoPortuguese
- fumRomanian
- дымRussian
- rokSwedish
- புகைTamil
- పొగTelugu
- ควันThai
- Sigara içmekTurkish
- димUkrainian
- دھواںUrdu
- hút thuốc láVietnamese
- רויךYiddish
- 烟Chinese
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