smoking

/ˈsmoʊkɪŋ/

/ˈsmʌʊkɪŋ/

Other forms: smokings

Definitions of smoking

1. noun

   the act of smoking tobacco or other substances
   “smoking stinks”

   synonyms: smoke

   types:

   puffing

   blowing tobacco smoke out into the air

   type of:

   breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation

   the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
2. noun

   a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion
   synonyms: smoke

   type of:

   evaporation, vapor, vaporisation, vaporization, vapour

   the process of becoming a vapor
3. adjective

   emitting smoke in great volume
   “a smoking fireplace”

   synonyms:

   smoky

   marked by or emitting or filled with smoke