smoking

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UK /ˈsməʊkɪŋ/ US /ˈsmoʊkɪŋ/

noun 5adj 3

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

chain, heavy

passive

My mother developed health problems from passive smoking in her office for many years.

cigar, cigarette, pipe, tobacco

VERB + SMOKING

start, take up

give up, quit, stop

My father finally quit smoking last year after forty years of cigarettes.

cut down on

My grandfather decided to cut down on smoking after his health scare last year.

ban

SMOKING + NOUN

habit

ban

The government introduced a smoking ban in all restaurants and bars last year.

room

PHRASES

a ban on smoking, the dangers/effects of smoking

The government introduced a ban on smoking in all public buildings last year.

no smoking

There's a no smoking sign on the door of the hospital waiting room.

smoking-related death/disease/illness

Definitions

adj

Giving off smoke.

Yet had the whole train and all its bombs gone, had the engine crew merely jumped from the train and run as simple self-preservation would have suggested, or unhitched just the engine to make their escape faster, the whole town would have gone and most of the people with it, leaving just a smoking wasteland. Hundreds would have died.

Sexually attractive, usually referring to a woman.

That woman is smoking!

Showing great skill or talent.

The band put on a smoking performance.

noun

The act or process of emitting smoke.

The burning and inhalation of any drug, including tobacco, cannabis, cocaine, and others.

Smoking can lead to lung cancer.

The burning and inhalation of any drug, including tobacco, cannabis, cocaine, and others.

He had the loudest voice of any drill sergeant, and seemed to enjoy the group smokings as well as the individual smokings.

The act of exposing (something) to smoke; (by extension) the process by which foods are cured or flavored by smoke.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the act of smoking tobacco or other substances

smoke

noun — a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produc

smoke

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

no smoking

A phrase used in notices indicating that the smoking of cigarettes, etc., is not permitted in the surrounding area.

smoking gun

Evidence, particularly of a crime, that is difficult or impossible to dispute.

We have a theory, but we haven't found a smoking gun yet.

what was someone smoking

Used to express surprise about someone's uncharacteristic or wacky, offbeat past actions.

The SGZ is primarily a signal that Alfa Romeo is back in business as serious maker of serious cars although the Zagato body puts one in mind of the FI team owner whose response to

Example Bank

Wiktionary

That woman is smoking!

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The band put on a smoking performance.

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Smoking can lead to lung cancer.

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He had the loudest voice of any drill sergeant, and seemed to enjoy the group smokings as well as the individual smokings.

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You should give up drinking and smoking.

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Usage Notes

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