English Explanatory Dictionary

smoking

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of smoke
adj
  1. Giving off smoke.
  2. Sexually attractive, usually referring to a woman.
  3. Showing great skill or talent.
noun
  1. The act or process of emitting smoke.
  2. The burning and inhalation of any drug, including tobacco, cannabis, cocaine, and others.
  3. The burning and inhalation of tobacco.
  4. The burning and inhalation of cigarettes.
  5. The act of exposing (something) to smoke; (by extension) the process by which foods are cured or flavored by smoke.
  6. A bantering; teasing; mockery.

Pronunciation

/ˈsməʊkɪŋ/ /ˈsmoʊkɪŋ/ En-us-smoking.ogg

Word forms

smoking more smoking most smoking smokings

Etymology

From Middle English smokynge, smokiende, from Old English smociende (“smoking”), from Proto-Germanic *smukōndz (“emitting smoke, smoking”), equivalent to smoke + -ing.

Derived words

anti-smoking cold smoking non-smoking nonsmoking secondary smoking smoking bishop smoking cap smoking ceremony smoking gun smoking hot smokingly smoking stool syndrome unsmoking antismoking chain-smoking no smoking pipesmoking presmoking smexting smoking car smoking carriage smoking compartment smoking jacket smoking room what are you smoking

Translations

Albanian: pirje duhani Arabic: تَدْخِين Armenian: ծխելը Armenian: ծխում Bashkir: тәмәке тартыу Bashkir: тартыу Bashkir: төтәү Belarusian: пале́нне Belarusian: пале́ньне Belarusian: курэ́нне Belarusian: курэ́ньне Bengali: ধূমপান Bulgarian: пу́шене Bulgarian: тютюнопу́шене Chinese Cantonese: 食煙 /食烟 Chinese: 食薰 Chinese Mandarin: 抽煙 /抽烟 Chinese Mandarin: 吸煙 /吸烟 Czech: kouření Danish: rygning Dutch: roken Esperanto: fumado Estonian: suitsutamine Finnish: tupakointi Finnish: savuaminen French: tabagisme Georgian: მოწევა German: Rauchen Greek: κάπνισμα Hebrew: עישון Hebrew: עִשּׁוּן Hindi: धूम्रपान Hungarian: dohányzás Icelandic: reykingar Indonesian: merokok Irish: caitheamh tobac Italian: fumare Italian: tabagismo Japanese: 喫煙 Kazakh: темекі шегу Khmer: ការជក់បារី Korean: 흡연 Korean: 끽연 Kyrgyz: тамеки чегүү Kyrgyz: тамеки тартуу Latvian: smēķēšana Lithuanian: rūkymas Macedonian: пу́шење Malay: merokok Malayalam: പുകവലി Norwegian Bokmål: røyking Norwegian Nynorsk: røyking Iranian Persian: سیگار کَشیدَن
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