smoke

Definitions

1. noun

   The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.

   Examples

   • Thick smoke rose from the chimney.
   • Firefighters battled through heavy smoke.
2. noun

   A cigarette.

   Examples

   • Can I bum a smoke off you?
   • I need to go buy some smokes.
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3. noun

   Anything to smoke (e.g. cigarettes, marijuana, etc.)

   Examples

   • Hey, you got some smoke?
   • ERCS Guard: Got a smoke? We're all out.
4. noun

   An instance of smoking a cigarette, cigar, etc.; the duration of this act.

   Examples

   • I lit a pipe and had a good long smoke, and went on watching.
   • I'm going out for a smoke.
5. noun

   A fleeting illusion; something insubstantial, evanescent, unreal, transitory, or without result.

   Examples

   • The excitement behind the new candidate proved to be smoke.
   • I fed her a lot of smoke about a sheep station outside Adelaide and a big property in the high street with a glass front and ‘Thomas’ in lights. She didn’t believe me.
6. noun

   Something used to obscure or conceal, an obscuring condition, or see also smoke and mirrors.

   Examples

   • The excuse was just smoke to hide the real problem.
   • His claims turned out to be nothing but smoke.
7. noun

   A light grey color tinted with blue.

   Examples

   • She painted the bedroom a soft smoke.
   • The car came in a stylish smoke.
8. noun

   Bother, trouble, problems, or hassle.

   Examples

   • Returning the item was more smoke than it was worth.
   • He didn't want the smoke that came with dating a coworker.
9. noun

   Opaque aerosol released on a battlefield, used e.g. to signal or to degrade enemy observation via smokescreen.

   Examples

   • The unit deployed smoke to cover their retreat.
   • Smoke obscured the enemy's line of sight.
10. noun

    Pollen scattered by a plant.

    Examples

    • There has been a great deal of smoke in the yew-trees this year. One day there was such a cloud that it seemed to be a fire in the shrubbery. […]
    • A gustful April morn / That puff'd the swaying branches into smoke.