Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- UK Pronunciation
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- [smohk]
- /smoʊk/
- /ˈsməʊkɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [smohk]
- /smoʊk/
Definitions of smoking word
- noun smoking the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter. 1
- noun smoking something resembling this, as vapor or mist, flying particles, etc. 1
- noun smoking something unsubstantial, evanescent, or without result: Their hopes and dreams proved to be smoke. 1
- noun smoking an obscuring condition: the smoke of controversy. 1
- noun smoking an act or spell of smoking something, especially tobacco: They had a smoke during the intermission. 1
- noun smoking something for smoking, as a cigar or cigarette: This is the best smoke on the market. 1
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Origin of smoking
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; (noun) Middle English; Old English smoca; (v.) Middle English smoken, Old English smocian
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Smoking
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
smoking popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
smoking usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for smoking
adj smoking
- aflame — If something is on fire, you can say it is aflame.
- bent out of shape — very angry, upset, or agitated
- browned off — If you say that you are browned off, you mean that you are annoyed and depressed.
- burning — You use burning to describe something that is extremely hot.
- calescent — increasing in heat
adv smoking
verb smoking
- action — Action is doing something for a particular purpose.
- barrel — A barrel is a large, round container for liquids or food.
- beeline — the most direct route between two places (esp in the phrase make a beeline for)
- candle — A candle is a stick of hard wax with a piece of string called a wick through the middle. You light the wick in order to give a steady flame that provides light.
- fleet — an arm of the sea; inlet.
adverb smoking
- cooking — Cooking is food which has been cooked.
noun smoking
- disinfection — to cleanse (rooms, wounds, clothing, etc.) of infection; destroy disease germs in.
- fumigation — to expose to smoke or fumes, as in disinfecting or exterminating roaches, ants, etc.
- weed — Thurlow [thur-loh] /ˈθɜr loʊ/ (Show IPA), 1797–1882, U.S. journalist and politician.
- weeds — a valueless plant growing wild, especially one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop.
adjective smoking
- enkindled — Simple past tense and past participle of enkindle.
- fell — simple past tense of fall.
- flashing — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- flipped — to toss or put in motion with a sudden impulse, as with a snap of a finger and thumb, especially so as to cause to turn over in the air: to flip a coin.
- ignited — to set on fire; kindle.
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