noun
plural smokes
[noncount] :the cloud of black, gray, or white gases and dust that is produced by burning something
[count] informal :a cigarette, cigar, etc. :something that people smoke
[singular] :the act of smoking a cigarette, cigar, etc.
blow smoke
chiefly US informal :to lie about something :to say things that are not true in order to fool or impress people
go up in smoke
to burn up completely
informal :to end or disappear completely
where there's smoke, there's fire
chiefly US or there's no smoke without fire - used to say that if people are saying that someone has done something wrong there is usually a good reason for what they are saying
verb
smokes; smoked; smoking
to suck the smoke from a cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc., into your mouth and lungs and then exhale it [+ obj]
[+ obj] :to produce smoke
[+ obj] :to use smoke to flavor and preserve (food, such as meat, cheese, or fish)
[+ obj] US informal
to beat (someone or something) completely :defeat
to hit (a ball) very hard and fast
put/stick that in your pipe and smoke it
smoke like a chimney
chiefly US informal :to smoke a lot of cigarettes, cigars, etc.
smoke out
[phrasal verb]
smoke (someone or something) out or smoke out (someone or something) :to force (someone or something) to leave a place by filling the place with smoke