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smoking¹
- /ˈsməʊkɪŋ/ UK
- /ˈsmoʊkɪŋ/ US
Rhymes with -əʊkɪŋ
Where it comes from
From Middle English smokynge, smokiende, from Old English smociende (“smoking”), from Proto-Germanic *smukōndz (“emitting smoke, smoking”), equivalent to smoke + -ing.
verb
- present participle and gerund of smoke
adjective more smoking · most smoking
- 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 w
- Sexually attractive, usually referring to a woman. That woman is smoking!
- Showing great skill or talent. The band put on a smoking performance.
smoking²
- /ˈsməʊkɪŋ/ UK
- /ˈsmoʊkɪŋ/ US
Rhymes with -əʊkɪŋ
Where it comes from
From Middle English smokyng, smokynge, equivalent to smoke + -ing.
noun smokings
- The act or process of emitting smoke.
- The burning and inhalation of any drug, including tobacco, cannabis, cocaine, and others.
- The burning and inhalation of tobacco. Smoking can lead to lung cancer.
- The burning and inhalation of cigarettes. 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.
- A bantering; teasing; mockery.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: smoky, smoker, cigarette, tobacco, fumigation, fume, addiction, fumer, burning, dope, consumption, flue, wool, fag, tux, tuxedo
Translations
Every language
adj giving off smoke
| Español | humeante |
|---|---|
| Português | esfumaçante |
| Română | fumigen, fumigenă, fumător |
| Русский | дымящий dymjaščij, коптящий koptjaščij, чадящий čadjaščij |
adj Sexually attractive, usually referring to a woman
| Português | gostoso |
|---|---|
| Français | bonne |
| Русский | привлека́тельный privlekátelʹnyj |
noun smoking of tobacco
| Español | tabaquismo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 흡연 heubyeon, 끽연 kkigyeon |
| 日本語 | 喫煙 kitsuen |
| 中文 | 抽煙 /抽烟 chōuyān, 吸煙 /吸烟 xīyān |
| हिन्दी | धूम्रपान dhūmrapān |
| Kiswahili | uvutaji sigara |
| Português | fumo, tabagismo |
| Français | tabagisme |
| Deutsch | Rauchen |
| Italiano | fumare, tabagismo |
| Ελληνικά | κάπνισμα kápnisma |
| Română | fumător, fumătoare |
| Русский | куре́ние kurénije, табакокуре́ние tabakokurénije |
| Tiếng Việt | sự hút thuốc |
| العربية | تَدْخِين tadḵīn |
| עברית | עישון, עִשּׁוּן ishún |
noun action of giving off smoke
| Português | esfumaçamento |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | κάπνισμα kápnisma |
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title = {smoking},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/smoking},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
