smoke out en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(transitive) To drive out (something or somebody) using smoke.
We smoked the critters out of their hole.
In the Tyrol, on May Day, it was the custom to smoke out witches by burning bundles of black and red spotted hemlock.
1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 113:
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(broadly, figuratively, idiomatic, transitive) To expose (something or somebody).
The culprit will be smoked out by the end of the day.
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(slang, transitive) To offer to smoke cannabis with someone; to smoke cannabis with someone.
I didn't have any weed, so Joe smoked me out with his stash.
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(slang) To smoke too much (usually cannabis); to become too stoned.
He was smoked out and really needed to take a break.
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(passive, slang, usually) To run out of tobacco or cannabis; to be emptied of tobacco or cannabis.
We passed the bong around until it was smoked out.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| smokes out | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| smoking out | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| smoked out | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| smoked out | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Translations (9)
uk ви́курити (to drive out using smoke) · pl wykurzyć (to drive out using smoke) · pl wykurzać (to drive out using smoke) · de ausräuchern (to drive out using smoke) · uk вику́рювати (to drive out using smoke) · be выку́рваць (to drive out using smoke) · ru вы́курить (to drive out using smoke) · ru выку́ривать (to drive out using smoke) · be вы́курыць (to drive out using smoke)