smoking

Meaning of smoking

verb
  1. To inhale and exhale the smoke from a burning cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc.
    He's smoking his pipe.
  2. To inhale and exhale tobacco smoke.
    Do you smoke?
  3. To give off smoke.
    My old truck was still smoking even after the repairs.
  4. To preserve or prepare (food) for consumption by treating with smoke.
    You'll need to smoke the meat for several hours.
  5. To dry or medicate by smoke.
  6. To fill or scent with smoke; hence, to fill with incense; to perfume.
  7. To make unclear or blurry.
  8. (chiefly as present participle) To perform (e.g. music) energetically or skillfully.
    The horn section was really smokin' on that last tune.
  9. To beat someone at something.
    We smoked them at rugby.
  10. To kill, especially with a gun.
    He got smoked by the mob.
  11. To thrash; to beat.
  12. To smell out; to hunt out; to find out; to detect.
  13. To ridicule to the face; to mock.
  14. To burn; to be kindled; to rage.
  15. To raise a dust or smoke by rapid motion.
  16. To suffer severely; to be punished.
  17. To punish (a person) for a minor offense by excessive physical exercise.
  18. To cover (a key blank) with soot or carbon to aid in seeing the marks made by impressioning.
adjective
  1. Giving off smoke.
  2. Sexually attractive, usually referring to a woman.
    That woman is smoking!
  3. Showing great skill or talent.
    The band put on a smoking performance.
noun
  1. The act or process of emitting smoke.
  2. The burning and inhalation of tobacco.
    Smoking can lead to lung cancer.
  3. (by extension) The burning and inhalation of other substances, e.g. marijuana.
  4. The act of exposing (something) to smoke; (by extension) the process by which foods are cured or flavoured by smoke
  5. A bantering; teasing; mockery.

Information about smoking

Hyphenation of smoking

smok-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • smoking is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

smoking synonyms

Meaning smoke:

smoke

Translation of smoking

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