smoking

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the act of smoking tobacco or other substances
  2. noun a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion
  3. verb inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes

Etymology

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

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Synonyms

smoke

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