Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *kwapōs
Latin vapor
Old French vapeurder.
Old French vaporbor.
Middle English vapour
English vapor
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English vaporiz(e)
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 vaporizerclip.
English vape
Clipping of vaporizer.
Meanings
Synonym of vaporizer.
(metonymically) An electronic cigarette.
‘So you do actually want to be’ – Prynce took a drag on his vape, a slim black thing that looked no different in size and shape to a tube of liquid eyeliner – ‘an influencer?’ 2022, Candice Carty-Williams, People Person, Trapeze, page 152:
I won't buy a vape anytime soon because one may cost up to $20.
(informal, intransitive) To inhale the vapor produced by a non-combustible cigarette, most commonly an electronic cigarette.
I have received both my Sedansa and Njoy ciggies. ... They vape about the same. I can drip in both cigs, whether into the atomizer or into the filter. ... The e-cig minicig from .......... sucks -- and I don't mean literally. I can't get anything out of them. I don't like their pipe either. It vapes plenty; you just can't inhale and exhale much of anything. 2008 March 2, marian00, "Re: NJOY International" https://web.archive.org/web/20130627154448/http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/general-e-smoking-discussion/597-njoy-international.html#post11681, e-cigarette-forum
Electronic cigarettes, battery-powered devices that convert a solution of nicotine and other chemicals into a vapor that can be inhaled, or "vaped," have the potential to wean a vast number of smokers off cigarettes. […] The problem is, not enough smokers are switching to e-cigarettes, despite their relative safety – and understandably so. Smokers are barraged with news about inaccurate labeling, shoddy counterfeits and poorly made e-cigarettes that emit toxins and cancer-causing chemicals in vapor. […] [T]he F.D.A. should allow companies to tell smokers about the benefits of switching to vaping products. 2015 January 18, Sally Satel, “Will the F.D.A. kill off e-cigs? [print version: International New York Times, 20 January 2015, p. 6]”, in The New York Times:
"E-smoking" is a bit of a handful, "Misting" sounds far too fey, "Vaporizing" or "Vaping" has drug connotations. There must be a better word for my new hobby! Suggestions? 2007 December 18, SmokeyJoe, "Well it's not smoking....So what is it?" https://web.archive.org/web/20130627153908/http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/general-e-smoking-discussion/535-well-its-not-smoking-so-what.html#post11419, e-cigarette-forum
"Vaping" is just a fancy way to avoid the term "smoking", since smoking is illegal everywhere and these things don't burn anything and don't produce second-hand smoke. 2008 April 24, TropicalBob, "Re: Now that's smoking!" https://web.archive.org/web/20130627163514/http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/tips-tricks/550-now-thats-smoking-3.html, e-cigarette-forum
ru па́рить (to inhale the vapor produced by a non-combustible cigarette) · pt vapear (to inhale the vapor produced by a non-combustible cigarette) · mi mome haurehu (to inhale the vapor produced by a non-combustible cigarette) · nl dampen (to inhale the vapor produced by a non-combustible cigarette) · mk пу́ри (to inhale the vapor produced by a non-combustible cigarette) · de dampfen (to inhale the vapor produced by a non-combustible cigarette) · pt vaporar (to inhale the vapor produced by a non-combustible cigarette) · it svapare (to inhale the vapor produced by a non-combustible cigarette) · es vapear (to inhale the vapor produced by a non-combustible cigarette) · es vaporear (to inhale the vapor produced by a non-combustible cigarette) · sv vejpa (to inhale the vapor produced by a non-combustible cigarette) · de vapen (to inhale the vapor produced by a non-combustible cigarette) · fr vapoter (to inhale the vapor produced by a non-combustible cigarette) · pt fumar pen-drive (to inhale the vapor produced by a non-combustible cigarette) · bg вейпвам (to inhale the vapor produced by a non-combustible cigarette) · pl wejpować (to inhale the vapor produced by a non-combustible cigarette) · nl vapen (to inhale the vapor produced by a non-combustible cigarette) · pl wapować (to inhale the vapor produced by a non-combustible cigarette) · fi höyrytellä (to inhale the vapor produced by a non-combustible cigarette) · pl vapować (to inhale the vapor produced by a non-combustible cigarette) · el ατμίζω (to inhale the vapor produced by a non-combustible cigarette) · pt vaporizar (to inhale the vapor produced by a non-combustible cigarette) · fi vapettaa (to inhale the vapor produced by a non-combustible cigarette) · mi momerehu (to inhale the vapor produced by a non-combustible cigarette)