Dictionary Entry

smoking

Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/ˈsməʊkɪŋ/Used In Literature ↓

To inhale and exhale the smoke from a burning cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc.

In a Sentence

“He's smoking his pipe.”

Origin

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Common Phrases

. smokingcessation smokingcigarettes smokingsmoking cigarettesmoking stop

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Poetry examples for “smoking”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

From silver spouts the grateful liquors glide,
While China's earth receives the smoking tide:
At once they gratify their scent and taste,

“Hil” said Lilly. She looked hot. Pete was smoking a cigarette. He looked
bored.

Never to stand at no window
because i can’t sleep(smoking sawdust

Squire Higbee wrongs me to say
That I died from smoking Red Eagle cigars.
Eating hot pie and gulping coffee

And a dining room where the sun comes in,
And Arabel across the table. Jim is smoking
And flicking the ashes, but never says a word

With war and argument I read no more
Than in the storm smoking along the wind
Athwart the wood. Two witches' cauldrons roar.

With war and argument I read no more
Than in the storm smoking along the wind
Athwart the wood. Two witches' cauldrons roar.

65. Smoking: draping; hence the word “smock;” “smokless,” in
Chaucer, means naked.

And, smoking a fearful "regalia,"

While smoking the "bird's eye" of Bristol,