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to smoke

102 1.5

To send out a cloud of tiny particles and gas from burning

verb
/smoʊk/

: echar humo

As in China, the delicate mushrooms are smoked over open fires or in clay pots over fires.

Tugs were buzzing up and down the river, paddle wheels flashing, iron muzzle smoking.

Examples

On a fine day, if they don't come on deck, the captain smokes them out.

Academic text (1993)
The rug it rests on is beginning to smoke and discolor.

Fiction book (1990)
Then we're going to go back to this nice deep, warm brown and kind of smoke it around.
Or we'll smoke you out.

The Front Page (1974)
I'm going to take just a little bit of run and we are going to smoke out that line ever so slightly.
And I'm going to put this up a little bit higher than usual and then kind of smoke that out.
I'm first going to smoke this out on the outer corners here.
His engine is smoking.

Rush (2013)
After being wrung, stretched, and hung to dry, the leather is smoked to make it waterproof.

Academic text (2002)
The chimney began to smoke as the fire inside warmed up.

Synonyms

to belch

vsto smoke

7 6.4

To push out large amounts of smoke or ash suddenly

describes cloud emission without sudden force or loud sound

to fume

vsto smoke

1 4.6

To give off visible smoke or gas from something

is any cloud emission without stressing visible vapor

smoking

vsto smoke

2.1

Giving off a lot of smoke, as from a fire or engine

is any cloud emission and not necessarily in very large amounts

to smokin'

vsto smoke

Informal

8.9

To give off smoke when something is hot or burning

is neutral in tone and used in standard description

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

Phrasal Verbs

to blow smoke

Informal

11 9.0

Say things that are not true to make people believe you

to smoke dope

NSFW

11 9.3

To inhale marijuana to feel its effects

to chain-smoke

8 5.6

To smoke cigarettes one after another without stopping

to smoke out

3 5.5

Force hidden people, animals, or secret information to come out of hiding

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 Much

to belch

7 6.4

to billow

27 5.3

to smoke

102 1.5

to smolder

18 6.6

Surface Forms

smoke infinitive

smoked past

smoked past participle

smoking present participle

smokes third person singular

Etymology

The verb smoke also comes from the old idea of making or sending out a 'cloud' from fire, so chimneys, engines, or volcanoes can smoke when they give off that cloud. That's why we say a chimney or bus smokes when it sends out visible fumes.