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smoke

/ˈsmoʊk/

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noun

plural smokes

[noncount] :the cloud of black, gray, or white gases and dust that is produced by burning something

Smoke from the campfire stung my eyes.

cigarette smoke

We could see black smoke from the house fire.

I smell smoke.

smoke inhalation - see also secondhand smoke

[count] informal :a cigarette, cigar, etc. :something that people smoke

Hey, (have you) got a smoke?

Can I bum a few smokes off you?

[singular] :the act of smoking a cigarette, cigar, etc.

He went outside for a smoke. = He went outside to have a smoke. [=to smoke 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

Don't listen to him. He's just blowing smoke.

go up in smoke

to burn up completely

All their possessions went up in smoke. [=burned in a fire]

informal :to end or disappear completely

When she hurt her back, all her dreams of being a dancer went up in smoke.

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

Do you believe those rumors about the mayor? Well, you know what they say, where there's smoke, there's fire.

verb

smokes; smoked; smoking

to suck the smoke from a cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc., into your mouth and lungs and then exhale it [+ obj]

I caught her smoking a cigarette.

He was thrown out of school for smoking marijuana. [no obj]

She smokes and drinks, but I don't.

Do you mind if I smoke in here? - see also chain-smoke, smoking

[+ obj] :to produce smoke

That old car smokes when you start it up.

the smoking remains of a fire

Olive oil has a high smoking point. [=it does not begin to produce smoke until it is heated to a high temperature]

[+ obj] :to use smoke to flavor and preserve (food, such as meat, cheese, or fish)

We smoke our hams over hickory. - see also smoked

[+ obj] US informal

to beat (someone or something) completely :defeat

They smoked the competition.

We got smoked.

to hit (a ball) very hard and fast

(baseball) He smoked a line drive into left field.

(tennis) She smoked a forehand down the line.

put/stick that in your pipe and smoke it

xem pipe

smoke like a chimney

chiefly US informal :to smoke a lot of cigarettes, cigars, etc.

She still smokes like a chimney despite warnings from her doctor.

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

The hunters tried to smoke the foxes out of the den. - often used figuratively

She's determined to smoke out [=find out] the truth about what really happened.

* Các từ tương tự:
smoke alarm, smoke and mirrors, smoke bomb, smoke detector, smoke grenade, smoke screen, smoked, smoke-filled room, smoke-free