holy smoke
An expression of astonishment.
ADJ
dense, thick | black, blue, grey, etc. | billowing | acrid, choking, stale | cigar, cigarette, pipe, tobacco
QUANT
cloud, column, haze, pall, plume, puff, spiral, wisp
A thick column of smoke rose from the burning building as firefighters arrived.
VERB + SMOKE
belch (out), blow, emit
The factory chimney was emitting thick smoke all day yesterday.
exhale | inhale
go up in
My savings went up in smoke when the restaurant business failed.
be wreathed in
The old factory was wreathed in thick industrial smoke for decades.
SMOKE + VERB
belch, billow, curl, drift, fill, pour, rise from/into
Thick smoke poured from the kitchen when she forgot about the toast.
hang
Thick smoke hung in the air long after the bonfire was extinguished.
clear
After the fire ended, smoke cleared from the building and firefighters entered to search for survivors.
SMOKE + NOUN
plume, ring
A thick smoke plume rose from the factory chimney into the gray sky.
signal | bomb | alarm, detector | emission | inhalation
PHRASES
full of smoke, thick with smoke
After the fire was extinguished, the entire building remained full of smoke for hours.
ADV
heavily
My grandfather smoked heavily for forty years before he finally quit.
ADV
heavily
lightly
The fish was lightly smoked over oak wood to add a delicate flavor.