chain-smoke

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [cheyn smohk]
- /tʃeɪn smoʊk/
- /tʃeɪn sməʊk/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [cheyn smohk]
- /tʃeɪn smoʊk/

Definitions of chain-smoke word

verb chain-smoke Someone who chain-smokes smokes cigarettes or cigars continuously. 3
verb chain-smoke to smoke (cigarettes, etc) continually, esp lighting one from the preceding one 3
verb transitive chain-smoke to smoke (cigarettes) one right after the other, often, specif., using each to light the next 3
intransitive verb chain-smoke light each cigarette with previous 1
transitive verb chain-smoke cigarettes: light each with previous 1
intransitive verb chain-smoke smoke heavily 1

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Origin of chain-smoke

First appearance:

before 1930

One of the 10% newest English words

First recorded in 1930-35

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Parts of speech for Chain-smoke

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Chain-smoke

chain-smoke popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 64% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.