[smoke] n [ME, fr. OE smoca; akin to OE smeocan to emit smoke, MHG smouch smoke, and prob. to Gk smychein to smolder] (bef. 12c) 1 a: the gaseous products of burning materials esp. of organic origin made visible by the presence of small particles of carbon b: a suspension of particles in a gas
2. a: a mass or column of smoke b: smudge
3: fume or vapor often resulting from the action of heat on moisture
4: something of little substance, permanence, or value
5: something that obscures
6. a (1): something (as a cigarette) to smoke (2): marijuana
2. b: an act or spell of smoking tobacco
7. a: a pale blue b: any of the colors of smoke 8: pitches that are fastballs "if a guy's going to hit you ... he certainly isn't going to throw a spitter--he gives you ~ --Tony Conigliaro" -- smoke.less adj -- smoke.like adj
[2]smoke vb smoked ; smok.ing vi (bef. 12c) 1 a: to emit or exhale smoke b: to emit excessive smoke
2. archaic: to undergo punishment: suffer
3: to spread or rise like smoke
4: to inhale and exhale the fumes of burning plant material and esp. tobacco; esp: to smoke tobacco habitually ~ vt 1 a: fumigate b: to drive (as mosquitoes) away by smoke c: to blacken or discolor with smoke "smoked glasses" d: to cure by exposure to smoke e: to stupefy (as bees) by smoke
2. archaic: suspect
3: to inhale and exhale the smoke of
4. archaic: ridicule