smoke
English
/sməʊk/, /smoʊk/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.
- (colloquial) A cigarette.
- (colloquial) Anything to smoke (e.g. cigarettes, marijuana, etc.)
- (colloquial) An instance of smoking a cigarette, cigar, etc.; the duration of this act.
- (uncountable) A fleeting illusion; something insubstantial, evanescent, unreal, transitory, or without result.
- (uncountable) Something used to obscure or conceal; an obscuring condition; see also smoke and mirrors.
- (uncountable) A light grey colour/color tinted with blue.
- (military) A particulate of solid or liquid particles dispersed into the air on the battlefield to degrade enemy ground or for aerial observation. Smoke has many uses--screening smoke, signaling smoke, smoke curtain, smoke haze, and smoke deception. Thus it is an artificial aerosol.
- (baseball) A fastball.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English smoke inherited from Old English smoca (smoke).
Origin
Old English
smoca
Gloss
smoke
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
煙
Emoji
🌋 🚬
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Smokies English
- anti-smoking English
- antismoke English
- antismoker English
- antismoking English
- ball English
- beef English
- besmoke English
- box English
- bush English
- chaser English
- coal English
- coalsmoke English
- dick smoker English
- fall English
- gun English
- gunsmoke English
- hole English
- house English
- jack English
- jumper English
- neversmoker English
- non-smoker English
- non-smoking English
- nonsmoked English
- oil English
- oilsmoke English
- outsmoke English
- oversmoke English
- pipe English
- pipesmoke English
- pipesmoker English
- pipesmoking English
- pole-smoker English
- presmoked English
- presmoking English
- screen English
- semismoked English
- shop English
- show English
- smokability English
- smokable English
- smoke-free English
- smokeability English
- smokeable English
- smokeball English
- smokebox English
- smokebush English
- smokechaser English
- smoked English
- smoked beef English
- smokefall English
- smokefree English
- smokehole English
- smokehouse English
- smokejack English
- smokejumper English
- smokeless English
- smokelessly English
- smokelessness English
- smokelike English
- smoken English
- smokepipe English
- smokeproof English
- smoker English
- smokeress English
- smokerette English
- smokery English
- smokescape English
- smokescreen English
- smokeshop English
- smokeshow English
- smokesploitation English
- smokest English
- smokestack English
- smoketh English
- smoketight English
- smokewood English
- smokie English
- smokily English
- smokiness English
- smoking English
- smokingly English
- smokish English
- smokist English
- smoko English
- smokum English
- smoky English
- smoxploitation English
- stack English
- tight English
- unsmokable English
- unsmoked English
- wood English
- woodsmoke English
- woodsmoked English
- Schmauch German
- Schmauchspur German
- smoken Dutch, Flemish
- *keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European
- *smukô Proto-Germanic
- smoca Old English
- besmoken Middle English
- smoke Middle English
- smoked Middle English
- smokish Middle English
- smoky Middle English
- smokynge Middle English
- smók Icelandic
- mwg Welsh
- mygliw Welsh
- smoc Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- smouch Middle High German
- smôk Middle Low German
- *smōk Old Saxon
- simuk Tok Pisin
- Smook Low German
- mōkō Maori
- Gschmok Pennsylvania German
- schmoke Pennsylvania German
- smoko Sranan Tongo
- mwc Middle Welsh
- mismuk Sursurunga
- box
- oil
- gun
- fall
- beef
- show
- wood
- pipe
- shop
- ball
- bush
- jack
- hole
- coal
- stack
- smoko
- tight
- smoky
- house
- chaser
- smoker
- smoked
- smoken
- screen
- smokie
- jumper
- smokum
- smokist
- smokest
- smokery
- besmoke
- smoketh
- Smokies
- smoking
- smokish
- smokily
- unsmoked
- smokable
- smokebox
- oilsmoke
- outsmoke
- gunsmoke
- smokefree
- smokingly
- smokehole
- smokeshow
- pipesmoke
- smokiness
- woodsmoke
- smokeless
- smokejack
- smokelike
- nonsmoked
- smokewood
- oversmoke
- smokeball
- smokeable
- antismoke
- coalsmoke
- smokebush
- smokeshop
- presmoked
- smokefall
- smokepipe
- smokeress
- semismoked
- smoke-free
- non-smoker
- smoketight
- smokestack
- woodsmoked
- pipesmoker
- presmoking
- smokescape
- smokeproof
- smokerette
- unsmokable
- smokehouse
- antismoker
- non-smoking
- smokelessly
- smokechaser
- smokescreen
- smokejumper
- smoked beef
- pole-smoker
- dick smoker
- smokability
- neversmoker
- antismoking
- pipesmoking
- anti-smoking
- smokeability
- smokelessness
- smoxploitation
- smokesploitation