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smoking

smoking

765 1.4
The habit of breathing in and out tobacco smoke
  • noun
  • /ˈsmoʊkɪŋ/
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  • She enjoys smoking a pipe while reading in her garden.
  • quit smoking
  • stop smoking
  • tobacco smoking

And you know, people may stop smoking, they may stop, whatever.

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Examples

  • You know, a group of young adults standing outside smoking.

  • I just quit smoking one month ago.

  • Friends, I believe you will quit smoking then and there forever.

  • There was no drinking, no smoking and no eating on the set.

  • We all remember, you know, how smoking was his big thing, right?

  • Good job with the smoking, Sam.

  • Even the degree of relationship between cancer and smoking is relatively small, but the importance is large.

    Academic text (2011)
  • We would remind you, that there is no smoking inside the building.

  • For some people, smoking is an addiction, all right.

  • No smoking, please.

Synonyms

smoke
vssmoking
136 2.3

The act of inhaling and exhaling tobacco fumes

is the same act described without the habitual or social emphasis

Idioms

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

9.9

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

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

Actions and rules to stop people from smoking

Against smoking and the use of tobacco

Not allowing people to smoke in a place

smoking car
  • Archaic
6.0

A train car where people may light cigarettes

7.7

A train car where people are allowed to smoke

5.3

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

A blend of tobaccos for use in a pipe

Surface Forms

smoking singular
smokings plural

Morphology

smoking = smoke (transparent) = smoke + ing

A regular deverbal nominalization (gerund) formed with '-ing'; learners who know the verb 'smoke' can infer the noun meaning 'the act of smoking'.

Etymology

Smoking comes from the simple word smoke, which means 'to give off smoke' and later was used for breathing tobacco smoke, so smoking is the act of inhaling and exhaling smoke.