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Definition: Smoke |
SmokeNoun1. A cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas. 2. A hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion; "the fire produced a tower of black smoke that could be seen for miles". 3. An indication of some hidden activity; "with all that smoke there must be a fire somewhere". 4. (informal) something with no concrete substance; "his dreams all turned to smoke"; "it was just smoke and mirrors". 5. Tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder. 6. A soft drug consisting of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect. 7. The act of smoking tobacco or other substances; "he went outside for a smoke"; "smoking stinks". 8. (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke". Verb1. Inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes; "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?". 2. Emit fumes. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "smoke" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Etymology: Smoke \Smoke\, noun. [Anglo-Saxon smoca, from sme['o]can to smoke; akin to Low German & Dutch smook smoke, Danish sm["o]g, German schmauch, and perhaps to Greek to burn in a smoldering fire; compare to Lithuanian smaugti to choke.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Smoke vi. 1. To crash or blow up, usually spectacularly. "The new version smoked, just like the last one." Used for both hardware (where it often describes an actual physical event), and software (where it's merely colorful). 2. [from automotive slang] To be conspicuously fast. "That processor really smokes." Compare magic smoke. Source: Jargon File. |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of smoke, foretells that you will be perplexed with doubts and fears. To be overcome with smoke, denotes that dangerous persons are victimizing you with flattery. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Environment | Suspension in the atmosphere of small particles produced by combustion. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | Thread of glass differing in colour from the surrounding glass. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Smoke To detect, or rather to get a scent, of some plot or scheme. The allusion is to the detection of robbers by the smoke seen to issue from their place of concealment. No smoke without fire. Every slander has some foundation. The reverse proverb, "No fire without smoke," means no good without some drawback. To end in smoke. To come to no practical result. The allusion is to kindling, which smokes, but will not light a fire. To smoke the calumet (or pipe) of peace. (See Calumet.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Medicine | Airborne particulate resulting from the combustion of organic matter, with particles ranging in size from approximately 0. 01 to 2 micro-m. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | The exhalation, visible vapor, or material that escapes or is expelled from a burning substance during combustion; applied esp. to the volatile matter expelled from wood, coal, peat, etc. together with the solid matter that is carried off in suspension with it. That which is expelled from metallic substances is generally called fume or fumes. See also:fume;metallurgical smoke. (references) |
Multilingual Slang | Quebecois (boucane). (references) |
Weather | Particles suspended in air after incomplete combustion of materials. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Smoke is a suspension in air of small particles resulting from incomplete combustion of a fuel. It is commonly an unwanted by-product of fires, but may also be used for pest control, communication (smoke signals) or inhalation. Controlled combustion normally takes place in closed containers (such as engines, stoves and lamps) and the exhaust smoke is released through a chimney or exhaust pipe.Smoke inhalation is a common cause of death in victims of indoor fires. The smoke kills by a combination of thermal damage, asphyxiation and pulmonary irritation.
See also dust, fire fighter, smog, tobacco.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Smoke."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Tobacco smoking is the practice of drawing tobacco smoke into the mouth. In the case of cigarette smoking, it also involves the inhaling of tobacco smoke. Tobacco smoke contains nicotine, which is highly addictive when inhaled. Nicotine is one of thousands of chemicals contained in cigarette smoke. The most widespread form of tobacco smoking is smoking of cigarettes, followed by pipe smoking and cigar smoking.Lighting a cigarette etc. is done with a lighter or match. One of the most common favors asked from a stranger is for a light; it is also used to get into contact with someone.
History
Tobacco smoking, using both pipes and cigars, was long common to many Native American cultures of the Americas. It is depicted in the art of the Classic era Maya civilization of some 1500 years ago.With the arrival of the Europeans in the New World late in the 15th century, tobacco smoking was brought to Europe, and from there gradually spread to the rest of the world.
The cigarette was less common than the cigar or the smoking pipe until the early 20th century, when cheap mechanically made cigarettes became common.
Health effects
It has been scientifically established that "tobacco use is the single most important preventable risk to human health in developed countries and an important cause of premature death worldwide."1
The most important are lung cancer and other cancers of the respiratory tract. Cancers of the larynx and tongue are also important causes of mortality and morbidity.
There are around 3000 chemicals found in tobacco smoke. Below are chemicals of known or supected carcinogenicity. The classification reflects the fact that there are no direct data on humans :The length of time that a person continues to smoke as well as the amount smoked increases their chances of contracting lung cancer. However, if someone stops smoking, then these chances steadily decrease as the damage to their lungs is repaired.
- Carcinogenic
- 4-Aminobiphenyl
- Benzene
- Cadmium
- Chromium
- 2-Naphthylamine
- Nickel
- Polonium-210
- Radon
- Vinyl chloride
- Probably carcinogenic to humans
- Acrylonitrile
- Benzo[a]anthracene
- Benzo[α]pyrene
- 1,3-Butadiene
- Dibenz(a,h)anthracene
- Formaldehyde
- N-Nitrosodiethylamine
- N-Nitrosodimethylamine
- Possibly carcinogenic to humans
- Acetaldehyde
- Benzo[b]fluoranthene
- Benzo[j]fluoranthene
- Benzo[k]fluoranthene
- Dibenz[a,h]acridine
- Dibenz[a,j]acridine
- 7H-Dibenz[c,g]carbazole
- Dibenzo(a,i)pyrene
- Dibenzo(a,I)pyrene
- 1,1-Dimethylhydrazine
- Hydrazine
- Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene
- Lead
- 5-Methylchrysene
- 4-(Methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK)
- 2-Nitropropane
- N-Nitrosodiethanolamine
- N-Nitrosomethylethylamine
- N-Nitrosomorpholine
- N'-Nitrosonornicotine (NNN)
- N-Nitrosopyrrolidine
- Quinoline
- iv ortho-Toluidine
- Urethane (Ethyl Carbamate)
Smoking also increases the chance of heart disease. Several ingredients of tobacco lead to the narrowing of blood vessels, increasing the likelihood of a block, and thus a heart attack. Other tobacco chemicals lead to high blood pressure. Also, some chemicals damage the inside of arteries, for example making it possible for cholesterol to adhere to the artery wall, possibly leading to a heart attack.
Diseases linked to tobacco smoking:
Nicotine is a powerful stimulant and is one of the main factors leading to the addictiveness of tobacco smoking. Although the amount of nicotine inhaled with tobacco smoke is quite small (most of the substance is destroyed by the heat) it is still sufficient to cause addiction. The amount of nicotine absorbed by the body from smoking depends on many factors, including the type of tobacco, whether the smoke is inhaled, and whether a filter is used. On average it takes about seven seconds for the substance to reach the brain.
- lung cancer and other cancers
- emphysema
- stroke
- peripheral vascular disease
- birth defects
- Buerger's disease
- impotence
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic bronchitis in particular
Many of the health effects can be avoided through Smoking cessation.
Legal aspects
"Passive smoking" or "secondhand smoke" - also known as "environmental tobacco smoke" (ETS) or "involuntary smoking" - occurs when the smoke from one person's cigarette is inhaled by other people. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1993 issued a report estimating that 3,000 lung-cancer related deaths in the US were caused by passive smoking every year. Lobbyists and researchers supported by the tobacco industry aggressively attacked the EPA study as "junk science," but subsequent research has generally supported its conclusions. In 2002, a group of 29 experts from 12 countries convened by the Monographs Programme of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) of the World Health Organization reviewed all significant published evidence related to tobacco smoking and cancer. It concluded its evaluation of the carcinogenic risks associated with involuntary smoking, with second-hand smoke also being classified as carcinogenic to humans.[1] An earlier WHO epidemiology study also found "weak evidence of a dose-response relationship between risk of lung cancer and exposure to spousal and workplace ETS."[1] The fact that the evidence was described as "weak" has been interpreted by the tobacco industry and its supporters as evidence that the ETS-lung cancer link has been "disproven." In reality, the "weakness" of the evidence stems from the fact that the risk of ETS for individuals is relatively small, making it difficult to detect through epidemiology. In addition to epidemiology, however, several other types of scientific evidence (including animal experiments, chemical constituent analysis of ETS, and human metabolic studies) support the WHO and EPA conclusions.
Smoking continues to be a major problem because of smokers' addiction to the nicotine in tobacco smoke, and the vigorous marketing of cigarettes by the tobacco industry. Several western countries have put restrictions on cigarette advertising, particularly on advertising that appears to target minors..
In many countries smoking in public buildings is now prohibited. Many office buildings (are required by law to) contain specially ventilated smoking areas.
In the United States and New Zealand, it has long been illegal to sell tobacco products to minors.
See also other forms of tobacco use :
- Chewing tobacco
- Snuff
References:
- Joint Committee on Smoking and Health. Smoking and health: physician responsibility; a statement of the Joint Committee on Smoking and Health. Chest 1995; 198:201- 208
- Boffetta,P., Agudo,A., Ahrens,W., Benhamou,E., Benhamou,S., Darby,S.C., Ferro,G., Fortes,C., Gonzalez,C.A., Jockel,K.H., Krauss,M., Kreienbrock,L., Kreuzer,M., Mendes,A., Merletti,F., Nyberg,F., Pershagen,G., Pohlabeln,H., Riboli,E., Schmid,G., Simonato,L., Tredaniel,J., Whitley,E., Wichmann,H.E., Saracci,R. 1998. Multicenter case-control study of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and lung cancer in Europe. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 90:1440-1450.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Tobacco smoking."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| SMOG | English | Smoke and Fog | Environment |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: SmokeSynonyms: bullet (n), cannabis (n), dope (n), fastball (n), fume (n), gage (n), ganja (n), grass (n), heater (n), hummer (n), marihuana (n), marijuana (n), pot (n), roll of tobacco (n), sens (n), sess (n), skunk (n), smoking (n), weed (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Discovery | Be near the truth, be warm, get warmer, burn; smoke, scent, sniff, catch a whiff of, smell a rat. |
Disrespect | Have in derision; hold in derision; deride, scoff, barrack, sneer, laugh at, ridicule, gibe, mock, jeer, hiss, hoot, taunt, twit, niggle, gleek, gird, flout, fleer; roast, turn into ridicule; burlesque; laugh to scorn; (contempt); smoke; fool; make game of, make a fool of, make an April fool of; play a practical joke; lead one a dance, run the rig upon, have a fling at, scout; mob. |
Heat | Verb: be hot. Adjective: glow, flush, sweat, swelter, bask, smoke, reek, stew, simmer, seethe, boil, burn, blister, broil, blaze, flame; smolder; parch, fume, pant. |
Pungency | Render -pungent. Adjective: season, spice, salt, pepper, pickle, brine, devil. smoke, chew, take snuff. |
Nicotine, tobacco, snuff, quid, smoke; segar; cigar, cigarette; weed; fragrant weed, Indian weed; Cavendish, fid, negro head, old soldier, rappee, stogy. | |
Unbelief Doubt | Doubt; be doubtful; (uncertain); doubt the truth of; be skeptical as to; Adjective: diffide; distrust, mistrust; suspect, smoke, scent, smell a rat; have doubts, harbor doubts, entertain doubts, suspicions; have one's doubts. |
Uncleanness | Render unclean; Adjective: dirt, dirty; daub, blot, blur, smudge, smutch, soil, smoke, tarnish, slaver, spot, smear; smirch; begrease;dabble, drabble, draggle, daggle; spatter, slubber; besmear; bemire, beslime, begrime, befoul; splash, stain, distain, maculate, sully, pollute, defile, debase, contaminate, taint, leaven; corrupt; (injure); cover with dust; Noun: drabble in the mud; roil. |
Dirt, filth, soil, slop; dust, cobweb, flue; smoke, soot, smudge, smut, grit, grime, raff; sossle, sozzle. | |
Vaporization | Verb: render -gaseous; vaporize, volatilize; distill, sublime; evaporate, exhale, smoke, transpire, emit vapor, fume, reek, steam, fumigate; cohobate; finestill. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Smoke |
| English words defined with "smoke": Frost smoke ♦ gun smoke ♦ smoke alarm, Smoke arch, Smoke board, smoke bomb, Smoke box, smoke grenade, smoke hole, smoke out, Smoke sail, smoke screen ♦ To smoke the pipe of peace. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "smoke": coal smoke ♦ environmental tobacco smoke ♦ legitimate smoke, let the smoke out, Long-Haired Smoke ♦ mainstream smoke ♦ pall of smoke, Passive Smoking/Secondhand Smoke ♦ SMOKE AND FLAME SPECIALIST, smoke and mirrors, Smoke Farthings, Smoke Inhalation Injury, smoke Long-Hair, smoke pall, smoke Persian, Smoke Silver, smoke stick, smoke suppressant, smoke technique, smoke test, smoke vent, smoke washer, smoke zone, SUPERVISOR, SMOKE CONTROL ♦ TO SMOKE, Tobacco Smoke Pollution. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "smoke": fumitory. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | He's an Irishman who doesn't drink, doesn't smoke, and doesn't chase dames (The Sting; writing credit: David S. Ward) Well some people think that 'to puff the magic dragon' means to puff smoke marijuana cigarettes (Meet the Parents; writing credit: Greg Glienna; Mary Ruth Clarke) These are fine cigars you smoke. (Double Indemnity; writing credit: James M. Cain; Billy Wilder) Smoke 'em if you got them (Men in Black II; writing credit: Lowell Cunningham; Robert Gordon) Don't blow smoke up my ass, you'll ruin my autopsy (Meet Joe Black; writing credit: Martin Brest, screenplay adaptation by Walter Ferris. Based on the play 'Death Takes a Holiday' by Alberto Casella.) | |
Lyrics | Smoke on the water, fire in the sky (Smoke on the Water; performing artist: Deep Purple) But the smoke ain't got nothing on me (Sunshine; performing artist: Aerosmith) Did you stand there in shock at the sight of that black smoke (Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning); performing artist: Alan Jackson) You wait and see when the smoke clears (You Learn; performing artist: Alanis Morissette) And he's quick with a joke or to light up your smoke ("Piano Man"; performing artist: Billy Joel) | |
Clever | You're trailer trash when you let your twelve-year-old daughter smoke at the dinner table in front of her kids. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Smoke (1970) Up in Smoke (1970) Where There's Smoke (1970) Don't Smoke Pot (1968) Smoke of Evil (1967) | |
Song Titles | SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES (performing artist: Platters ) SMOKE OF A DISTANT FIRE (performing artist: SANFORD TOWNSEND BAND) | |
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A black woman is seated on a park bench in a wooded area inhaling cigarette smoke. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). | This is a cartoon from Harper's Weekly circa 1890. It shows an office worker, whose smoking cigar is drooping from his mouth, reading a sign on the wall: "No Smoking In Offices During Office Hours". The caption reads: "another civic-service outrage. Less smoke and more fire". Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. | ||
Burning building and firefighter at Emory Village, Atlanta, Georgia, January 1979. Fire, smoke. Credit: CDC. | ![]() | Solid Smoke. Credit: NASA. | |
![]() | Texas Wildfires Create Smoke Plumes. Credit: NASA. | ![]() | Dense Smoke Plumes Visible From Western Fires. Credit: NASA. |
![]() | Ames Smoke Tunnel. Credit: NASA. | ![]() | Sea smoke, sea ice, and icicles NOAA Ship SURVEYOR in some co-l-l-l-d weather. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
![]() | Sea smoke forming towards open water from first year ice at the Bay of Whales. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. | ![]() | U.S. Marines advance after Marine close-air fighters plaster targets ahead during fighting in Korea. Billowing smoke and flames from the small, tight target areas bear out the accuracy of the flying Leathernecks' marksmanship. (Marine Corps photo). |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Smoke On Water" by Kristoffer Rekstad Commentary: "When I captured this picture, everything seem to be black. When it was captured it god some mysterious cind of blue..." | "Smoke Repository" by André Guergolet Commentary: "Smoke....cigar..." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
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| Alarm; alert; balefire; beam; bonfire; flare; guidepost; heliograph; lamp; lantern; lighthouse; lodestar; pharos; radar; rocket; rocket; sign; signal fire; smoke signal; beacon; warning signal; watchtower. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Benjamin Disraeli | Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke. |
Bill Hicks | I smoke, if this bothers anyone, I recommend you looking around the world in which we live and... shutting your fucking mouth. Either that or suffer a facial burn, your choice. After all this is America, land of freedom, so you have that option ahead of you. |
George Eliot | Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who diffuse it: it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smoker. |
Samuel Johnson | Smoking is a shocking thing -- blowing smoke out of our mouths into other people's mouths, eyes, and noses, and having the same thing done to us. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The smoke of its roofs is the ideas of the universe |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | If you want a good smoke, he said, try one of these cigars |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | They rumbled along, putting a little earthquake in the ground, and the standing exhaust pipes sputtered blue smoke from the Diesel oil. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | They were stark naked, men, women, and children, round a fire, as I could discover by the smoke. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | I will not have my eyes put out and my ears spoiled by its smoke and steam and hissing |
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead | Tom Stoppard | We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us; leaving nothing but a memory of the smell of smoke and a presumption that our eyes once watered |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | You should not smoke. (references) | |
Do not smoke around your child. (references) | ||
Don't smoke, chew tobacco, or drink alcohol. (references) | ||
Business | German suppliers of smoke and gas detectors also occupy an important market share. (references) | |
The standards are based on measurements of 33 priority pollutants and smoke stack height. (references) | ||
Competition is, however, limited to video equipment, car alarms and smoke detection devices. (references) | ||
Economic History | Pakistan | Under the plan the government will give special incentives to vehicles using compressed natural gas (CNG) and will also impose a pollution tax on smoke emitting vehicles. (references) |
Indonesia | Indonesia's most pressing environmental issues include deforestation, water pollution from industrial sources, sewage, air pollution in urban areas, and smoke and haze from forest fires. (references) | |
Brazil | Products imported from the United States include kitchen accessories and tools, towel heaters, security and surveillance systems, toilet fan systems, smoke detectors, fire resistant doors, air conditioning systems, silverware, china, cleaning carts and accessories, as well as laundry and dry cleaning equipment. (references) | |
Trade | Indonesia | When the smoke cleared, the total number of banks had declined from 238 pre-crisis to 162 (5 state-owned national banks, 27 state-owned regional development banks, 120 private banks, and 10 foreign branches, not counting joint-venture banks and foreign banks' representative offices). (references) |
Travel | Mexico | Mexicans are accustomed to smoke and drink freely at business meals. (references) |
Nigeria | Few hotels have working smoke detectors, and emergency exits are often sealed. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SYLPH, n. An immaterial but visible being that inhabited the air when the air was an element and before it was fatally polluted with factory smoke, sewer gas and similar products of civilization. Sylphs were allied to gnomes, nymphs and salamanders, which dwelt, respectively, in earth, water and fire, all now insalubrious. Sylphs, like fowls of the air, were male and female, to no purpose, apparently, for if they had progeny they must have nested in accessible places, none of the chicks having ever been seen. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Bob Barker | I tried to, but I was very fortunate. It made me sick. I couldn't smoke. When I was growing up, everybody smoked. |
Howard Lutnick | Well, as I saw the building I could see the smoke engulfing the top of the building and it was clear that things were going to be, things were going to be terrible. |
Rush Limbaugh | I, El Rushbo, am about to blow the minds of all of you who have swallowed the one-sided propaganda that tells you second-hand smoke is the deadliest substance known to humanity. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Until then, we see all that rhetorical smoke, billowing out from the Democrats, well ladies and gentlemen, I'd follow the example of their nominee. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | People who smoke should pay more for a pack of cigarettes. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Smoke" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 73.16% of the time. "Smoke" is used about 3,398 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 73.16% | 2,486 | 3,632 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 18.17% | 617 | 10,463 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 7.32% | 249 | 18,850 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.32% | 45 | 50,900 |
| Noun (common) | 0.03% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3,398 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "smoke" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Smoke | Last name | 200 | 32,815 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "smoke". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Ashan | N/A | Biblical | Smoke |
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Expressions using "smoke": a cloud of smoke ♦ american smoke tree ♦ begin to smoke ♦ belch out smoke ♦ blacken with smoke ♦ Blue Smoke ♦ by smoke from the altar ♦ cloud of smoke ♦ column of smoke ♦ cover up with a smoke screen ♦ dying for a smoke ♦ end in smoke ♦ environmental tobacco smoke ♦ fill with smoke ♦ filled with smoke ♦ free from smoke ♦ frost smoke ♦ give off smoke ♦ give out smoke ♦ giving out smoke ♦ go from smoke to smother ♦ go up in smoke ♦ gun smoke ♦ have a smoke ♦ it's getting on like smoke ♦ legitimate smoke ♦ let the smoke out ♦ like smoke ♦ London smoke ♦ magic smoke ♦ mainstream smoke ♦ no smoke without fire ♦ pall of smoke ♦ pillar of smoke ♦ plume of smoke ♦ poisoned by smoke ♦ prairie smoke ♦ puff of flame and smoke ♦ puff of smoke ♦ puff out rings of smoke ♦ puff smoke ♦ raise a big smoke ♦ rising smoke ♦ smithereens and smoke ♦ smoke absorber ♦ smoke agent ♦ smoke alarm ♦ smoke and mirrors ♦ smoke arch ♦ smoke ball ♦ smoke black ♦ smoke board ♦ smoke bomb ♦ smoke box ♦ smoke bush ♦ smoke chaser ♦ smoke consumer ♦ smoke detector ♦ smoke door ♦ smoke dried ♦ smoke extractor ♦ smoke float ♦ smoke flue ♦ smoke gas ♦ smoke generator ♦ smoke grass ♦ smoke grenade ♦ smoke hash ♦ smoke helmet ♦ smoke hole ♦ smoke house ♦ Smoke Inhalation Injury ♦ smoke kiln ♦ smoke like a chimney ♦ smoke louvre ♦ smoke mask ♦ smoke out ♦ smoke outlet ♦ smoke pall ♦ smoke Persian ♦ smoke pipe ♦ smoke pot ♦ smoke ring ♦ Smoke Rise ♦ smoke sail ♦ smoke screen ♦ smoke screening ♦ smoke shop ♦ smoke signal ♦ smoke stack ♦ smoke suppressant ♦ smoke test ♦ smoke the peace pipe ♦ smoke the pipe of peace ♦ smoke trail ♦ smoke tree ♦ smoke vent ♦ surround with smoke ♦ tear smoke ♦ the room is full of smoke ♦ there is no smoke without fire. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "smoke": smoke-alarm, smoke-ale, smoke-bathing, smoke-belching, smoke-bell, smoke-black, smoke-blackened, smoke-bleared, smoke-blowing, smoke-blue, smoke-bombs, smoke-box, smoke-brown, smoke-busters, smoke-carrying, smoke-cleaning, smoke-cloud, smoke-colored, smoke-cured, smoke-damaged, smoke-darkened, smoke-detector, smoke-dried, Smoke-dry, smoke-dyed, smoke-emitting diode, smoke-filled, smoke-fogged, smoke-free, smoke-grey, smoke-grimed, smoke-houses, smoke-involv, smoke-jack, smoke-laden, smoke-like, smoke-logged, smoke-outline, smoke-producing, smoke-reeked, smoke-rooms, smoke-scented, smoke-screen, smoke-screens, smoke-shrouded, smoke-signal, smoke-signalled, smoke-signals, smoke-smelling, smoke-stack, smoke-stacked, smoke-stained, smoke-stick, smoke-stop, smoke-swirls, smoke-tarred, smoke-tinted, smoke-tired, smoke-trail, smoke-vent, smoke-venting, smoke-wreathed, smoke-yellowed. | |
Ending with "smoke": cigar-smoke, wood-smoke. | |
Containing "smoke": stick-that-in-your-pipe-and-smoke-it. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
smoke away | 1,855 | cigar smoke | 90 |
smoke | 1,179 | smoke machine | 89 |
second hand smoke | 410 | secondhand smoke | 87 |
smoke detector | 388 | pancake smoke | 86 |
smoke shop | 331 | smoke salmon | 84 |
smoke bomb | 288 | smoke fetish | 84 |
cheap smoke | 275 | smoke meat | 83 |
smoke signal | 258 | smoke pipe | 80 |
7 day smoke away | 216 | smoke eater | 77 |
smoke on the water | 195 | smoke ring | 77 |
drink only she she smoke when | 195 | smoke spirits | 72 |
smoke alarm | 161 | famous smoke shop | 64 |
cigarette smoke | 146 | smoke bush | 63 |
smoke tree | 124 | liquid smoke | 62 |
smoke free | 123 | lyrics smoke water | 60 |
herbal smoke | 120 | smoke house | 60 |
the up in smoke tour | 108 | smoke damage | 59 |
smoke grenade | 106 | blue smoke | 58 |
up in smoke | 103 | holy smoke | 57 |
smoke spirits.com | 90 | smoke generator | 56 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "smoke"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | rook. (various references) | |
Albanian | tymoj (fume, fumigate), tym (exhalation, fume, soot), pi duhan (have a smoke), nxjerr tym, duhan (the weed, tobacco), cigare (cigarette, fag, gasper, weed). (various references) | |
Arabic | إنتشر كالدخان, إنبعث الدخان, شىء كالدخان, دخن (cure, fume, fumigate, inhale, reek), دخان (fume, reek, smolder, smoulder). (various references) | |
Basque | ke. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | разярен съм, цигара (burn, cigarette, fag), вдигам пара, опушвам (blacken with smoke, fumigate), одимявам (blacken with smoke), задимявам, лула (pipe, tobacco pipe), пура (cigar, weed), пушек (reek), пушене (smoking), пуша (fume, puff at, reek, smolder, smoulder, whiff), изпущам пара (reek, steam), димя (fume, reek), дим (fume). (various references) | |
Chinese | 烟, 煙霧 , 煙 (cigarette, tobacco), 硝煙 , 抽煙 . (various references) | |
Czech | kouřit (fume, reek), kouř (fume). (various references) | |
Danish | røg, ryge (fumigate, to puff). (various references) | |
Dutch | smoken, rook (fume), roken (smoking). (various references) | |
Esperanto | fumo, fumi. (various references) | |
Faeroese | roykur, roykja, glaða. (various references) | |
Farsi | مه غلیظ, سیگارکشیدن , استعمال دود, استعمال دخانیات , دودکردن , دوددادن , دود (Whiff). (various references) | |
Finnish | savuta (reek), savu. (various references) | |
French | fumer (smoking), fumée (smoulder). (various references) | |
Frisian | rikje, reek. (various references) | |
German | Rauch (fume, reek, rude), rauchen (fume, give off smoke, smoking, to fume, to smoke). (various references) | |
Greek | καπνός (fume, tobacco), καπνίζω (cure, fume, fumigate). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לקטור (fume), לעשן (fume, fumigate), להעלות עשן, עתר (odour), עשן (fume). (various references) | |
Hungarian | füst (fume, reek). (various references) | |
Icelandic | reykur. (various references) | |
Indonesian | mengasapi (cure, fumigate, scent), mengasap (become, cure, scent), berasap (dim, misty), asap (fumes). (various references) | |
Irish | deatach. (various references) | |
Italian | fumo (fume, pother, smoking, steam), fumare (fume, reek, steam, to smoke). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 煙 (fumes), 噴煙 , 排煙 , スマート爆弾 (slice, slide, slider, slider-memory, sliding, smack, smart bomb, smash, smear, smellovision, smile, smiley, Smithsonian Institution, smog, smoked cheese, smoked salmon, smoker, smooth, smoothing operation, variable autotransformer). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ふんえん, スモーク , けむり (fumes), はいえん (neglected or abandoned garden, pneumonia). (various references) | |
Korean | 연기 (Postponement, Postponing). (various references) | |
Malay | asap. (various references) | |
Manx | toghtaney (fumigation, smoking), toght (mattress), toghan, jaaghey (fumes, fumigate, fumigation, smoking), jaagh (fumes, reek), cur jaagh (smoking). (various references) | |
Norwegian | røyk (fume). (various references) | |
Occitan | fum. (various references) | |
Papiamen | huma. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | okesmay.(various references) | |
Polish | palić, dymić. (various references) | |
Portuguese | fumo (fume, reek, tobacco, tobacco leaf, vapor, vapour, weed), fumaça (fume), fumar (fume, puff, reek, to smoke). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | fumar (to smoke). (various references) | |
Romanian | fuma (have a smoke, puff). (various references) | |
Russian | курение (smoking), курить (puff), копоть (soot), дымиться (reek), дымить;курить дым, дымить (fume, puff), дым (fume, reek). (various references) | |
Scottish | smùid (a blow, attack), smùdan (a particle of dust, a small block of wood, ring dove), smùcan, toit (fume, steam, vapour), deathach , deatach, deathach. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pušiti (blow, have a smoke), nadimiti (fumigate, smoke-dry), dimiti (smoke-dry), dim (aerosol), cigareta (butt, cigarette, fag). (various references) | |
Spanish | fumar (smoking, to smoke), humo (fume, fumes, steam), humear (fume, reek). (various references) | |
Sranan | smoko. (various references) | |
Swahili | moshi. (various references) | |
Swedish | ryka (fly about, fume, reek, steam), röka (bloat, cure, fume, fumigate, reek), rök (fume, fumes, reek, steam). (various references) | |
Tagalog | úsok. (various references) | |
Thai | สูบบุหรี่, ควัน (fume). (various references) | |
Turkish | sigara içmek (have a smoke, indulge), sigara içme (smoking), sigara (cigaret, cigarette, fag), tüttürmek (give out smoke, puff), tüttürme, tütsülemek (bloat, cense, fume, fumigate, incense, kipper, stove), tütmek (fume, give out smoke, reek), tütme (giving out smoke, reek, smoking), is yapmak (smut, soot), duman tabakası, duman (fog, fume, mist), afyon (opium, opium poppy, poppy), íçmek (drink). (various references) | |
Turkmen | tьtemek (steam), tьsse. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | чадити, курити (blow), куриво, кіптява, закоптити (besmirch), паління (smoking), палити (blow, burn, funk, grill), диміти (puff), дим (fume, reek). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | trừ khói (smoke-consuming), nơi hun khói (smoke-house), muội (smoke-black, soot), máy hút khói (smoke-consumer), hút khói (smoke-consuming), cái nón thông phong (smoke-bell), cái chụp khói (smoke-bell), bom khói (smoke-bomb), bom hoả mù (smoke-bomb), bồ hóng (grime, smoke-black, soot), đạn khói (smoke-ball), đạn hoả mù (smoke-ball). (various references) | |
Welsh | smocio. (various references) | |
Yucatec | ts'u'uts'ik (kiss, suck), ts'u'uts' (kiss, suck), buts'. (various references) | |
Zulu | inthuthu, -bhema. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | i-bi. (various references) |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | typhos. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | fumabat, fumabis, fumans, fumantem, fumet, fumi, fumigans, fumigantium, fumo, fumum, fumus. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | fum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 10, Verse 26 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Wsper omfax odousi blaberon kai kapnoV ommasin outwV paranomia toiV crwmenoiV authn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Sicut acetum dentibus et fumus oculis sic piger his qui miserunt eum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Swa eced toðum ond rec eagum,swa is slawa þam þe hine onsendað. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | As eisel to teeth, and smoke to eyen; so the slowe to hem that senten hym in the weie. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Like acid drink to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the hater of work to those who send him. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 10, Verse 26 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Maingon sa suka nga alang sa mga ngipon, ug sa aso nga alang sa mga mata, Mao man usab ang tapulan alang niadtong nagasugo kaniya. |
| Chinese | 懶 惰 人 叫 差 他 的 人 、 如 醋 倒 牙 、 如 煙 薰 目 。 |
| Croatian | Kakav je ocat zubima i dim oèima, takav je ljenivac onima koji ga šalju. |
| Danish | Som Eddike for Tænder og Røg for Øjne så er den lade for dem, der sender ham. |
| Dutch | Gelijk edik den tanden, en gelijk rook den ogen is, zo is de luie dengenen, die hem uitzenden. |
| Finnish | Mitä hapan hampaille ja savu silmille, sitä laiska lähettäjillensä. |
| French | Ce que le vinaigre est aux dents et la fumée aux yeux, Tel est le paresseux pour celui qui l`envoie. |
| German | Wie der Essig den Zähnen und der Rauch den Augen tut, so tut der Faule denen, die ihn senden. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Pa janm voye parese fè komisyon pou ou. L'ap ennève ou menm jan sitwon fè dan moun gasi, menm jan lafimen fè je moun koule dlo. |
| Hungarian | Minémû az eczet a fogaknak és a füst a szemeknek, olyan a rest azoknak, a kik azt elküldötték. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Jangan menyuruh orang malas, ia hanya menjengkelkan saja, seperti cuka melinukan gigi atau asap memedihkan mata. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Seperti cuka pada gigi dan seperti asap kepada mata, demikianlah orang malas kepada orang yang menyuruhkan dia. |
| Italian | Come l'aceto ai denti e il fumo agli occhi così è il pigro per chi gli affida una missione. |
| Korean | 의 인 의 소 망 은 즐 거 움 을 이 루 어 도 악 인 의 소 망 은 끊 어 지 느 니 라 |
| Maori | ¶ He winika ki nga niho, he paowa ki nga kanohi: koia ano te mangere ki ona kaiunga. |
| Norwegian | Som eddik for tennene og røk for øinene, slik er den late for den som sender ham. |
| Portuguese | Como vinagre para os dentes, como fumaça para os olhos, assim é o preguiçoso para aqueles que o mandam. |
| Rumanian | Cum este oyetul pentru dinyi wi fumul pentru ochi, awa este lenewul pentru cel ce -l trimete. - |
| Russian | юФП ХЛУХУ ДМС ЪХВПЧ Й ДЩН ДМС ЗМБЪ, ФП МЕОЙЧЩК ДМС РПУЩМБАЭЙИ ЕЗП. |
| Spanish | Como es el vinagre a los dientes y el humo a los ojos, así es el perezoso a los que lo envían. |
| Swedish | Såsom syra för tänderna och såsom rök för ögonen, så är den late för den som har sänt honom åstad. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "smoke": smokeable, smoked, smokehouse, smokehouses, smokejack, smokejacks, smokeless, smokelike, smokepot, smokepots, smoker, smokers, smokes, smokescreen, smokescreens, smokestack, smokestacks, smokey. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "smoke": antismoke, besmoke, outsmoke, oversmoke. (additional references) | |
Words containing "smoke": antismoker, antismokers, besmoked, besmokes, nonsmoker, nonsmokers, outsmoked, outsmokes, oversmoked, oversmokes, unsmoked. (additional references) | |
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"Smoke" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: amoke, Msika, seoki, Shmekov, shmok, Shoka, shoke, smace, smake, smaken, smakke, smeek, smek, smo, smoak, smok, smokey, smooze, smoue, smove, smue, snoek, snok, snuke. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: mokes. | |
| Words within the letters "e-k-m-o-s" | |
-1 letter: moke, mosk, okes, soke, some. | |
-2 letters: ems, kos, mos, oes, oke, oms, ose, som. | |
-3 letters: em, es, me, mo, oe, om, os, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-k-m-o-s" | |
+1 letter: embosk, smoked, smoker, smokes, smokey. | |
+2 letters: bemocks, besmoke, comakes, embosks, gemsbok, irksome, misyoke, mockers, monkeys, mopokes, smocked, smokers, smokier, sockmen, sokeman, sokemen. | |
+3 letters: abelmosk, besmoked, besmokes, comakers, darksome, dukedoms, embosked, gemsboks, hemlocks, homesick, koumises, koumyses, larksome, leukomas, menfolks, meshwork, misspoke, misyoked, misyokes, moleskin, monikers, mosslike, outsmoke, sheikdom, smokable, smokepot, smokiest, stockmen, tokenism, unsmoked. | |
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