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smoking en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈsməʊkɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈsmoʊkɪŋ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English smokynge, smokiende, from Old English smociende (“smoking”), from Proto-Germanic *smukōndz (“emitting smoke, smoking”), equivalent to smoke + -ing.

Meanings

  1. Giving off smoke.
    • Yet had the whole train and all its bombs gone, had the engine crew merely jumped from the train and run as simple self-preservation would have suggested, or unhitched just the engine to make their escape faster, the whole town would have gone and most of the people with it, leaving just a smoking wasteland. Hundreds would have died. 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43:
  2. (slang) Sexually attractive, usually referring to a woman.
    • That woman is smoking!
  3. (slang) Showing great skill or talent.
    • The band put on a smoking performance.

Forms

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more smoking Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most smoking Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

smoking gun · smoking cap · smoking ceremony · cold smoking · smoking stool syndrome · non-smoking · smoking bean · unsmoking · smokingly · smoking bishop · smoking hot · nonsmoking · anti-smoking · secondary smoking

Translations (22)

eo fuma (giving off smoke) · ro fumigen (giving off smoke) · ro fumător (giving off smoke) · hu füstölő (giving off smoke) · es humeante (giving off smoke) · pt esfumaçante (giving off smoke) · ro fumigenă (giving off smoke) · unm kshate (giving off smoke) · pt gostoso (Sexually attractive, usually referring to a woman) · la fūmifer (giving off smoke) · ru привлека́тельный (Sexually attractive, usually referring to a woman) · ru коптящий (giving off smoke) · ru дымящий (giving off smoke) · sk dymiaci (giving off smoke) · bg димящ (giving off smoke) · fr bonne (Sexually attractive, usually referring to a woman) · fi savuava (giving off smoke) · bg пушещ (giving off smoke) · gd smocadh (giving off smoke) · gd smùid (giving off smoke) · cs kouřící (giving off smoke) · ru чадящий (giving off smoke)

smoking en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈsməʊkɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈsmoʊkɪŋ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English smokynge, smokiende, from Old English smociende (“smoking”), from Proto-Germanic *smukōndz (“emitting smoke, smoking”), equivalent to smoke + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of smoke
    form of smoke

smoking en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈsməʊkɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈsmoʊkɪŋ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English smokyng, smokynge, equivalent to smoke + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of emitting smoke.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The burning and inhalation of any drug, including tobacco, cannabis, cocaine, and others.
  3. (countable, uncountable, usually) The burning and inhalation of any drug, including tobacco, cannabis, cocaine, and others. ▸ The burning and inhalation of tobacco.
    • Smoking can lead to lung cancer.
  4. (countable, especially, uncountable, usually) The burning and inhalation of any drug, including tobacco, cannabis, cocaine, and others. ▸ The burning and inhalation of tobacco. ▸ The burning and inhalation of cigarettes.
    • He had the loudest voice of any drill sergeant, and seemed to enjoy the group smokings as well as the individual smokings. 2012, Montgomery J. Granger, Saving Grace at Guantanamo Bay: A Memoir of a Citizen Warrior:
  5. (countable, uncountable) The act of exposing (something) to smoke; (by extension) the process by which foods are cured or flavored by smoke.
  6. (countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable) A bantering; teasing; mockery.

Forms

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smokings Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

chain-smoking · smoking carriage · smoking compartment · presmoking · no smoking · antismoking · smexting · smoking ponies · what are you smoking · smoking room · smoking concert · smoking car · smoking jacket · pipesmoking

Translations (86)

mk пу́шење (action of giving off smoke) · ga caitheamh tobac (smoking of tobacco) · gd smùideadh (action of giving off smoke) · be курэ́ньне (smoking of tobacco) · ms merokok (smoking of tobacco) · cmn 抽煙 /抽烟 (smoking of tobacco) · ml പുകവലി (smoking of tobacco) · tr tüttürmek (smoking of tobacco) · it fumare (smoking of tobacco) · ru табакокуре́ние (smoking of tobacco) · cs kouření (action of giving off smoke) · pl palenie (smoking of tobacco) · fi tupakointi (smoking of tobacco) · ro fumătoare (smoking of tobacco) · bg пу́шене (smoking of tobacco) · fa-ira سیگار کَشیدَن (smoking of tobacco) · hu dohányzás (smoking of tobacco) · mk пу́шење (smoking of tobacco) · id merokok (smoking of tobacco) · be курэ́нне (smoking of tobacco) · sv rökning (smoking of tobacco) · ka მოწევა (smoking of tobacco) · ja 喫煙 (smoking of tobacco) · uz chekish (smoking of tobacco) · ro fumător (smoking of tobacco) · lv smēķēšana (smoking of tobacco) · sh пушење (smoking of tobacco) · sl kajenje (smoking of tobacco) · be пале́нне (smoking of tobacco) · et suitsutamine (smoking of tobacco) · fi savuaminen (action of giving off smoke) · tl paninigarilyo (smoking of tobacco) · hi धूम्रपान (smoking of tobacco) · da rygning (smoking of tobacco) · el κάπνισμα (smoking of tobacco) · es tabaquismo (smoking of tobacco) · eo fumado (smoking of tobacco) · vi sự hút thuốc (smoking of tobacco) · tg тамокукашӣ (smoking of tobacco) · ko 끽연 (smoking of tobacco) · lt rūkymas (smoking of tobacco) · nl roken (smoking of tobacco) · nb røyking (smoking of tobacco) · sk dymenie (action of giving off smoke) · he עִשּׁוּן (smoking of tobacco) · ky тамеки тартуу (smoking of tobacco) · ur سِگْریٹ نوشی (smoking of tobacco) · uk курі́ння (smoking of tobacco) · fr tabagisme (smoking of tobacco) · yue 食煙 /食烟 (smoking of tobacco) · bg тютюнопу́шене (smoking of tobacco) · th การสูบบุหรี่ (smoking of tobacco) · ru куре́ние (smoking of tobacco) · sk fajčenie (smoking of tobacco) · cmn 吸煙 /吸烟 (smoking of tobacco) · ba тартыу (smoking of tobacco) · sw uvutaji sigara (smoking of tobacco) · kk темекі шегу (smoking of tobacco) · nn røyking (smoking of tobacco) · be пале́ньне (smoking of tobacco) · hy ծխում (smoking of tobacco) · sq pirje duhani (smoking of tobacco) · el κάπνισμα (action of giving off smoke) · hy ծխելը (smoking of tobacco) · pt fumo (smoking of tobacco) · ba төтәү (action of giving off smoke) · pt tabagismo (smoking of tobacco) · th การสูบ (smoking of tobacco) · uk палі́ння (smoking of tobacco) · de Rauchen (smoking of tobacco) · te ధూమపానము (smoking of tobacco) · ky тамеки чегүү (smoking of tobacco) · it tabagismo (smoking of tobacco) · ko 흡연 (smoking of tobacco) · ba тәмәке тартыу (smoking of tobacco) · nan-hbl 食薰 (smoking of tobacco) · bn ধূমপান (smoking of tobacco) · tg сигоркашӣ (smoking of tobacco) · gd smocadh (smoking of tobacco) · is reykingar (smoking of tobacco) · pt esfumaçamento (action of giving off smoke) · km ការជក់បារី (smoking of tobacco) · ar تَدْخِين (smoking of tobacco) · he עישון (smoking of tobacco) · cs kouření (smoking of tobacco) · sh pušenje (smoking of tobacco)

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