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vapors

vapors

3.8
A visible cloud of small liquid drops from an electronic cigarette when someone exhales
  • noun
  • /ˈveɪpərz/
  • US
translation icon : vapores
  • The vapors from the e-cigarette shimmered in the sunlight as she took another puff.

And yeah, like I've, I don't know, maybe maybe don't let people go outside for like vapor smoke breaks or like for fresh air.

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Examples

  • After a few deep breaths, the vapors swirled around, gradually dissipating into the air.

  • As he exhaled, the sweet-smelling vapors filled the room, creating a thick cloud around him.

  • Better way of doing things might be two more vapors and lower measurements.

  • And yeah, like I've, I don't know, maybe maybe don't let people go outside for like vapor smoke breaks or like for fresh air.

    The Fellas

  • Vocs are compounds that easily become vapors and may contain elements such as carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, chlorine and sulfur.

Synonyms

vapor
vsvapors
  • US
96 3.2

Gas or very small drops of liquid in the air, like steam

is the specific aerosol from e cigarettes producing a visible droplet cloud

How Thick

thick fog
2 1.3
vapors
  • US
3.8
vaporous cloud
  • US
1 7.2
mist
115 1.0

Surface Forms

vapor singular
vapors plural

Morphology

vapors = vapor (transparent) = vapor + s

This sense is the straightforward plural of 'vapor' referring to gaseous/aerosol particles (e.g., from vaping), so learners can derive the meaning from the base.

Etymology

Vapors comes from the Latin vapor, which means 'steam' or 'mist', and you can see the same idea in the word evaporate. Today vapors often means the visible cloud from e-cigarettes — tiny droplets like a steam cloud — so the modern use still pictures that steam-like cloud.