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/smˈoʊkɪŋ/ Listen

noun

Smoking n. A. & n. from Smoke.

Smoking bean (Bot.), the long pod of the catalpa, or Indian-bean tree, often smoked by boys as a substitute for cigars.

Smoking car, a railway car carriage reserved for the use of passengers who smoke tobacco.

verb

Smoke v. t.

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.

To fill or scent with smoke; hence, to fill with incense; to perfume. "Smoking the temple."

To smell out; to hunt out; to find out; to detect. "I alone Smoked his true person, talked with him." "He was first smoked by the old Lord Lafeu." "Upon that... I began to smoke that they were a parcel of mummers."

To ridicule to the face; to quiz. (Old Slang)

To inhale and puff out the smoke of, as tobacco; to burn or use in smoking; as, to smoke a pipe or a cigar.

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.

Smoke v. i. (past & past part. smoked; pres. part. smoking)

To emit smoke; to throw off volatile matter in the form of vapor or exhalation; to reek. "Hard by a cottage chimney smokes."

Hence, to burn; to be kindled; to rage. "The anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke agains. that man."

To raise a dust or smoke by rapid motion. "Proud of his steeds, he smokes along the field."

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.

To suffer severely; to be punished. "Some of you shall smoke for it in Rome."

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Etymology of 'Smoking'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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