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smoke

87 4.6

A cigarette or cigar, a small roll of tobacco you light to inhale

noun
/smoʊk/

Informal

: cigarrillo

After lunch, he enjoyed a quick smoke outside the café.

I was living on red wine and smokes.

Examples

I brought you some smokes.

The Jacket (2005)
Hey, you got a smoke?

Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster (2011)
When he had finished his smoke, he picked up his tools.

Fiction book (1997)
Thanks for the smoke, Eric.

Harmony (2022)
After we attended a movie, he occasionally had a smoke with his light beer before dinner.

Academic text (2010)
Best place in the school to sneak a smoke.

Disturbing Behavior (1998)
Do you remember stealing smokes from your parents?
But after two months in Britain, she was borrowing smokes from everybody.

Fiction book (1993)
I need a smoke.

Violet & Daisy (2011)
You want a smoke?

Straw Dogs (1971)

Synonyms

cigarette

vssmoke

∞ 1.0

A thin roll of tobacco wrapped in paper that you smoke

is a casual name covering both small paper sticks and larger tobacco rolls

cigar

vssmoke

450 2.4

A roll of tobacco leaves that you smoke

is an informal name that also includes these larger tobacco rolls

blunt

vssmoke

NSFW

39 9.9

A cigar hollowed out and filled with marijuana to smoke

is a casual term usually for tobacco sticks or larger tobacco rolls

fag

vssmoke

Slang

11 9.9

A British informal word for a cigarette

is a broad informal term that can mean that stick or larger tobacco rolls

cig

vssmoke

Informal

10 8.2

A short thin tube of tobacco that people smoke

is the general informal label covering both that stick and larger tobacco rolls

marijuana cigarette

vssmoke

NSFW

5 6.7

A thin roll of marijuana that people smoke

is a casual word mainly for tobacco sticks or larger tobacco rolls

gasper

vssmoke

Archaic

1 9.9

A cigarette that is strong or harsh to smoke

is used broadly to mean either such sticks or larger tobacco rolls

cigaret

vssmoke

Archaic

1.8

A thin roll of tobacco wrapped in paper that you smoke

is the casual name used for both small paper sticks and larger tobacco rolls

Idioms

smoke and mirrors

Informal

19 7.4

Actions that hide the truth by making things look better

to go up in smoke

Informal

18 5.5

Plans or hopes suddenly fail and disappear for good

holy smoke

Informal

3 8.2

A short cry to show strong surprise or admiration

to smoke like a chimney

Informal

3 6.8

To light and use many cigarettes every day

in a puff of smoke

Informal

1 8.4

Suddenly disappears without a clear reason

put that in your pipe and smoke it

Informal

1 9.9

Accept this fact even if you do not like it

to end in smoke

Informal

8.1

To fail completely and have no useful result

to smoke someone's pole

Offensive

9.9

To use the mouth to touch a man's penis

to smoke your own dope

Slang

9.9

To believe your own praise so much that you make bad choices

Compounds

smoke alarm

13 2.2

A device that makes a loud noise when it finds smoke to warn people

cloud of smoke

8 1.9

A large mass of smoke in the air from a fire

smoke-filled

8 3.4

Full of smoke from cigarettes or fire

smoke signal

7 4.8

A way to send messages over long distances by making patterns of smoke

puff of smoke

6 3.6

A small quick cloud of smoke that appears and disappears

smoke screen

5 5.1

An action or statement used to hide the real reason and distract people

tobacco smoke

4 2.1

Smoke that comes from burning tobacco products like cigarettes or cigars

smoke bomb

4 3.7

A small object that makes a thick cloud of smoke to hide people or mark a place

smoke grenade

Specialized

4 5.2

A small object that makes thick smoke to hide people or mark a place

smoke-filled room

Literature

3 7.2

A private place where a small group makes secret decisions, often in politics

gun smoke

1 2.7

Smoke that comes out when a gun is fired

smoke screen

Specialized

1 5.5

A cloud of smoke made to hide soldiers or vehicles from view

puff of white smoke

1 3.8

A small burst of white smoke from a chimney or engine

pall of smoke

1 7.3

A thick cloud of smoke that makes it hard to see

smoke hole

1 7.1

An opening in a roof or wall that lets smoke from a fire escape

magic smoke

Jargon

9.9

A funny name for the smoke that comes from an electronic part when it breaks

prairie smoke

9.9

A wildflower with purple flowers and feathery seed plumes found on grassland

smoke tree

7.5

A small tree or shrub with feathery flowers that look like smoke

smoke bush

7.6

A shrub or small tree with feathery flowers that look like puffs of smoke

smoke-cured

Specialized

4.9

Meat or fish preserved and given a smoky taste by drying in smoke

smoke-dried

Specialized

5.4

Meat or fish kept for a long time by hanging near a wood fire

How Formal

cigarette

∞ 1.0

cig

Informal

10 8.2

smoke

Informal

87 4.6

Surface Forms

smoke singular

smokes plural

Etymology

Calling a cigarette a smoke is a short way of naming the thing that makes 'smoke' — the small roll of tobacco people light and inhale. So a smoke can mean a cigarette or cigar.