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to smokin'

to smokin'

8.9
To give off smoke when something is hot or burning
  • verb
  • /ˈsmoʊkɪn/
  • Informal
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  • Our car started smoking out the front and we were like, that's weird.

Because you didn't realize that he was smoking this whole time.

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Examples

  • You're definitely smoking pot right now as you type that.

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  • The old car started smokin' as we drove up the hill, leaving a cloud of black smoke behind.

  • And I'm gonna just start smoking my thing out right here.

  • Because you didn't realize that he was smoking this whole time.

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  • We all up in their neighborhood smoking black miles in backwoods.

  • You came, you smoked, you went all contrarily.

  • And we were smoking giants in there and we were smoking just American children's giants.

  • Me and boom Howard smoking propane left the room sour.

  • So they got to see us wear the absurd rubber ducky suits while they stood by smoking and laughing at us.

  • After the party, I found him smokin' near the barbecue grill, enjoying the lingering scent of burnt meat.

Synonyms

smoky
vsto smokin'
27 1.0

Filled with smoke so the air looks cloudy and smells of smoke

is an informal, colloquial spoken form rather than the standard term

Antonyms

clean
∞ 1.0

Free from dirt or harmful things

non-smoking
2.5

Not allowing people to smoke in a place

How Smoky

billowing
5.8
to smokin'
  • Informal
8.9
smoky
17 2.7
smokeless
6 3.9

Surface Forms

smokin' infinitive
smoking present participle
smokes third person singular
smoked past
smoked past participle

Morphology

smokin' = smoking (transparent) = smoke + in'

A colloquial orthographic clipping of the present participle 'smoking' with the same literal meaning.

Etymology

Smokin' as a verb is the informal spoken form of smoking, with the final 'g' left off to show speech, and it comes from smoke meaning 'to give off smoke'. So smokin' simply means 'producing smoke' or 'giving off smoke'.