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🚬 Inhaling tobacco 💨 Producing smoke
smoking

smoking

2.1
Giving off a lot of smoke, as from a fire or engine
  • adjective
  • /ˈsmoʊkɪŋ/
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  • And it was going to be a, you know, a big smoking crater.

Examples

  • It's tail smoulders like the smoking remains of Gyenica.

  • The chimney was smoking after the wood was added to the fire, making the room feel cozy.

  • Flames smoking, flames on the side of my head burning.

  • The campfire was smoking heavily, filling the area with thick, fragrant smoke.

  • As the logs burned, they began smoking and releasing a rich aroma into the air.

Synonyms

smoky
vssmoking
27 1.0

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

emphasizes producing a very large amount of fumes
smoke-filled
vssmoking
8 3.4

Full of smoke from cigarettes or fire

focuses on producing large volumes rather than filling a place
to smokin'
vssmoking
  • Informal
8.9

To give off smoke when something is hot or burning

is the neutral, standard form rather than informal speech

Antonyms

clear
866 1.0

Free from things that block sight or movement

non-smoking
2.5

Not allowing people to smoke in a place

Idioms

smoking one's own dope
  • Archaic
9.9

Acting in a way that harms you because you trust your own wrong ideas

what are you smoking
  • Offensive
9.9

A rude question showing you do not believe someone's idea

what was someone smoking
  • NSFW
9.9

To say someone has a very bad idea as if they are not thinking clearly

Compounds

smoking gun
  • Literature
39 5.3

Clear proof that someone did something wrong

smoking jacket
  • Archaic
4 6.3

A man's soft jacket like a short robe, often made of velvet, worn at home while relaxing

smoking room
  • Archaic
3 2.6

A room in a hotel or club where people can smoke

anti-smoking
3.2

Actions and rules to stop people from smoking

anti-smoking
3.6

Against smoking and the use of tobacco

non-smoking
2.5

Not allowing people to smoke in a place

smoking car
  • Archaic
6.0

A train car where people may light cigarettes

smoking carriage
  • Archaic
7.7

A train car where people are allowed to smoke

smoking compartment
  • Archaic
5.3

A section of a train for people who want to light cigarettes

smoking mixture
6.0

A blend of tobaccos for use in a pipe

How Smoky

billowing
5.8
smoking
2.1
to smolder
  • US
18 6.6

Surface Forms

smoking positive

Morphology

smoking = smoke (transparent) = smoke + ing

A standard participial adjective formed from the verb 'smoke' + '-ing'; learners who know 'smoke' will understand 'smoking' as 'emitting smoke'.

Etymology

Smoking comes from the verb smoke, which means 'to give off smoke', so something that is smoking is producing a lot of smoke now.