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smoker en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ˈsmoʊkɚ/ (US)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English smoken English smoke Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English smoker From smoke + -er.

Meanings

A person who smokes tobacco habitually.
- Even though I don't smoke, I'm not one of those fanatics you run into. In fact, I love watching cigarette smokers in their sad little sealed-off areas, sucking away, deep lines in their faces, precancerous lesions taking hold, the posture and body language of petty criminals. You know what you do with these people? Give 'em free cigarettes. Let 'em smoke. Offer them a light! 1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 47:
(with specified substance or instrument) Someone who smokes (something).
- a smoker of cannabis
- a water pipe smoker
- meth smokers
A smoking car on a train.
- We had all got into a first-class smoker, and he had already lit the short and charred old briar pipe which seemed to singe the end of his long, aggressive nose. 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
(dated, informal) An informal social gathering for men only, at which smoking tobacco is allowed.
- One of the most unique athletic programs given in Tacoma for a long time, and which should furnish rare fun for the spectators, is scheduled for the smoker given tonight by company A, Second infantry regiment, N. G. W., at the company drill hall, South Twelfth and A streets. 1908 April 22, The Tacoma Daily Ledger, page 7:
- Yes we're gonna have a wingding / A summer smoker underground 1982, Donald Fagen, “New Frontier”, in The Nightfly:
- A morning paper made brief mention of a smoker that was to be given on the following evening by the German minister. 1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Plot That Failed”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 60:
- A smoker at which prizes were distributed was held at the Hotel Victory […] 1904, Forest and Stream, volume 63, page 120:
(UK, dated, informal, qualifier:Cambridge University) A social event featuring sketches, songs, etc., whether or not smoking is carried out.
- All grins and tuxes at some charity smoker in a city-centre hotel. 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 129:
A vent in the deep ocean floor from which a plume of superheated seawater, rich in minerals, erupts.
(slang) An illicit boxing match; see Wikipedia:Battle Royal (boxing).
A device that releases smoke intended to distract bees; a bee smoker.
A person or an apparatus that smokes food.
(slang) A two-stroke engine.
(broadly, slang) Any vehicle with a two-stroke engine, especially a motorcycle, as opposed to a four-stroke motorcycle or stroker.
(informal) A fastball.
(slang) Synonym of stag film.
A tobacco pipe that produces smoke well when used.
- Cripps selected from his store a battered pipe that looked as if it had been dug up with a corpse, and smelt worse than it looked, which he handed tenderly to the curate, with an air of conferring on him a sacred trust. "It's a beautiful smoker," he assured the curate, but the curate had still a saving remnant of caution left him. 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 27:

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Translations (98)

ru кури́льщица (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · uk куре́ць (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · sh пу̀ша̄ч (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · el καπνιστήριο (apparatus for smoking food) · mr धूमक (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · fa دود خوار (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · es fumadora (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · pl fajczarz (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · sl kadilec (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · ky тамекичи (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · mr धुम्रपान करणारी (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · nl roker (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · tg папироскаш (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · kk шылымқұмар (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · sh pùšāč (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · fr fumeur (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · bg пуша́ч (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · vi người nghiện hút (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · pl palaczka (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · et suitsetaja (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · mk пушач (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · sk fajčiar (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · ro fumător (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · gl fumadora (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · ja 喫煙者 (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · fi savuttaja (vent in the deep ocean floor) · pt defumador (apparatus for smoking food) · pl paląca (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · sk fajčiarka (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · hu dohányos (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · he מְעַשֵּׁן (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · tg тамокукаш (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · ar مُدَخِّن (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · ru куря́щая (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · alt таҥкычы (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · pl wędzarka (apparatus for smoking food) · ca fumador (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · bg пуша́чка (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · mr धुम्रपान करणारा (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · sw mvutaji sigara (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · no røykeri (apparatus for smoking food) · el καπνιστής (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · cs kuřačka (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · se borgguheaddji (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · be курэ́ц (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · fi savustuspönttö (apparatus for smoking food) · ko 흡연자 (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · it fumatore (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · th คนสูบบุหรี่ (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · is reykingamaður (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · cmn 吸煙者 /吸烟者 (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · kk шылымқор (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · ru куря́щий (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · da ryger (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · mk пушачка (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · lt rūkalius (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · sl kadilka (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · lb Fëmmert (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · fr fumeuse (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · tg тамокукашӣ (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · pl fajczarka (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · ro fumătoare (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · nb røker (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · de Raucherin (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · nb røyker (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · pl wędzarnia (apparatus for smoking food) · nn røykjar (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · hy ծխող (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · sv rökare (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · gl fumador (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · tr sigara tiryakisi (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · pt fumante (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · ru кури́льщик (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · sh pušàčica (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · fr fumoir (apparatus for smoking food) · lv smēķētājs (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · nl rookster (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · cmn 煙民 /烟民 (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · it fumatrice (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · fa سیگاری (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · es fumador (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · ru куря́га (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · de Raucher (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · lb Raachert (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · cs kuřák (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · ar مُدَخِّنَة (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · sh пуша̀чица (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · pt fumador (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · pl palacz (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · tk çilimkeş (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · ga caiteoir tobac (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · ru куре́ц (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · fi savustin (apparatus for smoking food) · pl palący (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · ru куря́ка (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · fi tupakoija (person who smokes tobacco habitually) · de Räucherofen (apparatus for smoking food) · ka მწეველი (person who smokes tobacco habitually)

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