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Webster 1913 Edition
Smoking
Smok′ing
,Adj.
& Noun.
Smoke
. Smoking bean
(Bot.)
, the long pod of the catalpa, or Indian-bean tree, often smoked by boys as a substitute for cigars.
– Smoking car
, a railway car carriage reserved for the use of passengers who smoke tobacco.
Webster 1828 Edition
Smoking
SMO'KING
,ppr.
1.
Emitting smoke, as fuel, &c.2.
Applying smoke for cleansing, drying, &c.3.
Using tobacco in a pipe or cigar.Definition 2024
Smoking
Smoking
smoking
smoking
English
Verb
smoking
- present participle of smoke
Noun
smoking (countable and uncountable, plural smokings)
- The burning and inhalation of tobacco.
- Smoking can lead to lung cancer.
- 2012, Montgomery J. Granger, Saving Grace at Guantanamo Bay: A Memoir of a Citizen Warrior
- He had the loudest voice of any drill sergeant, and seemed to enjoy the group smokings as well as the individual smokings.
- (by extension) The burning and inhalation of other substances, e.g. marijuana.
Derived terms
- smoking car, smoking carriage, smoking compartment
- smoking jacket
- smoking room
Translations
smoking of tobacco
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action of giving off smoke
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Adjective
smoking (comparative more smoking, superlative most smoking)
- Giving off smoke.
- (slang) Sexually attractive, usually referring to a woman.
- That woman is smoking!
Derived terms
Translations
giving off smoke
Sexually attractive, usually referring to a woman
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Czech
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowing from French smoking, from English smoking jacket.
Noun
smoking m
Declension
Declension of smoking
Danish
Etymology
Borrowing from French smoking, from English smoking jacket.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /smoːkenɡ/, [ˈsmoːkʰeŋ], /smovkenɡ/, [ˈsmɔwkʰeŋ]
Noun
smoking c (singular definite smokingen, plural indefinite smokinger)
Inflection
Inflection of smoking
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | smoking | smokingen | smokinger | smokingerne |
| genitive | smokings | smokingens | smokingers | smokingernes |
Italian
Etymology
Borrowing from French smoking, from English smoking jacket.
Noun
smoking m (invariable)
Polish
Etymology
Borrowing from French smoking, from English smoking jacket.
Noun
smoking m inan
Declension
declension of smoking
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowing from French smoking, from English smoking jacket.
Noun
smoking m (plural smokings)
- tuxedo (formal suit)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowing from French smoking, from English smoking jacket.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /smǒkinɡ/
- Hyphenation: smo‧king
Noun
smòking m (Cyrillic spelling смо̀кинг)
Declension
Declension of smoking
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | smoking | smokinzi |
| genitive | smokinga | smokinga |
| dative | smokingu | smokinzima |
| accusative | smoking | smokinge |
| vocative | smokinže / smokingu | smokinzi |
| locative | smokingu | smokinzima |
| instrumental | smokingom | smokinzima |
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowing from French smoking, from English smoking jacket.
Noun
smoking m (plural smoking)