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Synonyms for smoke

Grammar : Noun
Spell : smohk
Phonetic Transcription : smoÊŠk

Définition of smoke

Origin :
  • late Old English smoca (rare) "fumes and volatile material given off by burning substances," related to smeocan "give off smoke," from Proto-Germanic *smuk- (cf. Middle Dutch smooc, Dutch smook, Middle High German smouch, German Schmauch), from PIE root *smeug- "to smoke; smoke" (cf. Armenian mux "smoke," Greek smykhein "to burn with smoldering flame," Old Irish much, Welsh mwg "smoke").
  • The more usual noun was Old English smec, which became dialectal smeech. Abusive meaning "black person" attested from 1913, American English. Smoke-eater "firefighter" is c.1930. Figurative phrase go up in smoke "be destroyed" (as if by fire) is from 1933. Smoke alarm first attested 1936; smoke-detector from 1957.
  • noun fume; cigarette
Example sentences :
  • And now, Uncle Paul, if you don't object I'll take out my pipe and have a smoke.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • She had boasted to him once of having learned to smoke at school.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • He tossed them onto the table, and Hal Dozier rolled his smoke in silence.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • As I eat my breakfast and smoke my pipe, I ponder over my task.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • And now they all vanish in a puff of smoke from the chimney.
  • Extract from : « Old Ticonderoga, A Picture of The Past » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • "There is the smoke from Bazas, on the further side of Garonne," quoth he.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • He whirled about in his swivel chair, and blew a cloud of smoke from his mouth.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • Yesterday morning they were at Cowes, and we saw the smoke from the burning crofts.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • The smoke rolled up as usual, and the report was equally gratifying.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • Chip took the cigarette from his lips and emptied his lungs of smoke.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower

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