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Added 9 October 2026

smoke

/sməʊk/ noun

In Latin: fūmus Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about smoke at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.
A cigarette.
Can I bum a smoke off you?
Anything to smoke (e.g. cigarettes, marijuana, etc.)
Hey, you got some smoke?

verb

To inhale and exhale the smoke from a burning cigarette or cigar, burning material in a pipe, etc.
He's smoking his pipe.
To inhale and exhale tobacco smoke.
Do you smoke?
To give off smoke.
My old truck was still smoking even after the repairs.

Origin

From Middle English smoke, from Old English smoca (“smoke”), probably a derivative of the verb (see below). Related to Dutch smook (“smoke”), Middle Low German smôk (“smoke”), German Schmauch (“smoke (from a gun barrel)”).

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