smoking
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1.4
- noun
- /ˈsmoʊkɪŋ/
- She enjoys smoking a pipe while reading in her garden.
- quit smoking
- stop smoking
- tobacco smoking
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Watch on YouTubeAnd you know, people may stop smoking, they may stop, whatever.
- And you know, people may stop smoking, they may stop, whatever.
- For some people, smoking is an addiction, all right.
- We all remember, you know, how smoking was his big thing, right?
- Well then is there hope for quitting smoking, vaping, snuffing or dipping?
- You in other words, you believe that smoking causes lung cancer, then?
- It's all good smoking backwards with my family.
- Like the you feel like him smoking like caused an illness.
Examples
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You know, a group of young adults standing outside smoking.
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I just quit smoking one month ago.
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Friends, I believe you will quit smoking then and there forever.
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There was no drinking, no smoking and no eating on the set.
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We all remember, you know, how smoking was his big thing, right?
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Good job with the smoking, Sam.
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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.
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For some people, smoking is an addiction, all right.
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No smoking, please.
Synonyms
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2.3
The act of inhaling and exhaling tobacco fumes
Idioms
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9.9
To say someone has a very bad idea as if they are not thinking clearly
- Archaic
Acting in a way that harms you because you trust your own wrong ideas
Compounds
- Archaic
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6.3
A man's soft jacket like a short robe, often made of velvet, worn at home while relaxing
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.