smoking
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English smokynge, smokiende, from Old English smociende (“smoking”), from Proto-Germanic *smukōndz (“emitting smoke, smoking”), equivalent to smoke + -ing.
Base: smoke
Affixes: -ing
Inflected forms:
form: more smoking
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most smoking
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: smokings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Giving off smoke.
pos: adj
examples: Yet had the whole train and all its bombs gone, had the engine crew merely jumped from the train and run as simple self-preservation would have suggested, or unhitched just the engine to make their escape faster, the whole town would have gone and most of the people with it, leaving just a smoking wasteland. Hundreds would have died.
gloss: Sexually attractive, usually referring to a woman.
pos: adj
tags: slang
examples: That woman is smoking!
gloss: Showing great skill or talent.
pos: adj
tags: slang
examples: The band put on a smoking performance.
gloss: The act or process of emitting smoke.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The burning and inhalation of any drug, including tobacco, cannabis, cocaine, and others.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The burning and inhalation of any drug, including tobacco, cannabis, cocaine, and others.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
usually
examples: Smoking can lead to lung cancer.
gloss: The burning and inhalation of any drug, including tobacco, cannabis, cocaine, and others.
pos: noun
tags: countable
especially
uncountable
usually
examples: He had the loudest voice of any drill sergeant, and seemed to enjoy the group smokings as well as the individual smokings.
gloss: The act of exposing (something) to smoke; (by extension) the process by which foods are cured or flavored by smoke.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A bantering; teasing; mockery.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
slang
uncountable
Derived words: anti-smoking
cold smoking
non-smoking
nonsmoking
secondary smoking
smoking bishop
smoking cap
smoking ceremony
smoking gun
smoking hot
smokingly
smoking stool syndrome
unsmoking
antismoking
chain-smoking
no smoking
pipesmoking
presmoking
smexting
smoking car
smoking carriage
smoking compartment
smoking jacket
smoking ponies
smoking room
what are you smoking
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: pirje duhani
lang: Arabic
word: تَدْخِين
roman: tadḵīn
lang: Armenian
word: ծխելը
roman: cxelə
lang: Armenian
word: ծխում
roman: cxum
lang: Bashkir
word: тәмәке тартыу
roman: təməke tartıw
lang: Bashkir
word: тартыу
roman: tartıw
lang: Belarusian
word: пале́нне
roman: paljénnje
lang: Belarusian
word: пале́ньне
roman: paljénʹnje
lang: Belarusian
word: курэ́нне
roman: kurénnje
lang: Belarusian
word: курэ́ньне
roman: kurénʹnje
lang: Bengali
word: ধূমপান
roman: dhumpan
lang: Bulgarian
word: пу́шене
roman: púšene
lang: Bulgarian
word: тютюнопу́шене
roman: tjutjunopúšene
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 食煙 /食烟
roman: sik⁶ jin¹
lang: Chinese
word: 食薰
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 抽煙 /抽烟
roman: chōuyān
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 吸煙 /吸烟
roman: xīyān
lang: Czech
word: kouření
lang: Danish
word: rygning
lang: Dutch
word: roken
lang: Esperanto
word: fumado
lang: Estonian
word: suitsutamine
lang: Finnish
word: tupakointi
lang: French
word: tabagisme
lang: Georgian
word: მოწევა
roman: moc̣eva
lang: German
word: Rauchen
lang: Greek
word: κάπνισμα
roman: kápnisma
lang: Hebrew
word: עישון
lang: Hebrew
word: עִשּׁוּן
roman: ishún
lang: Hindi
word: धूम्रपान
roman: dhūmrapān
lang: Hungarian
word: dohányzás
lang: Icelandic
word: reykingar
lang: Indonesian
word: merokok
lang: Irish
word: caitheamh tobac
lang: Italian
word: fumare
lang: Italian
word: tabagismo
lang: Japanese
word: 喫煙
roman: kitsuen
lang: Kazakh
word: темекі шегу
roman: temekı şegu
lang: Khmer
word: ការជក់បារី
roman: kaa cŭək baarəy
lang: Korean
word: 흡연
roman: heubyeon
lang: Korean
word: 끽연
roman: kkigyeon
lang: Kyrgyz
word: тамеки чегүү
roman: tameki cegüü
lang: Kyrgyz
word: тамеки тартуу
roman: tameki tartuu
lang: Latvian
word: smēķēšana
lang: Lithuanian
word: rūkymas
lang: Macedonian
word: пу́шење
roman: púšenje
lang: Malay
word: merokok
lang: Malayalam
word: പുകവലി
roman: pukavali
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: røyking
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: røyking
lang: Iranian Persian
word: سیگار کَشیدَن
roman: sigâr kašidan
lang: Polish
word: palenie
lang: Portuguese
word: fumo
lang: Portuguese
word: tabagismo
lang: Romanian
word: fumător
lang: Romanian
word: fumătoare
lang: Russian
word: куре́ние
roman: kurénije
lang: Russian
word: табакокуре́ние
roman: tabakokurénije
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: smocadh
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: пушење
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pušenje
lang: Slovak
word: fajčenie
lang: Slovene
word: kajenje
lang: Spanish
word: tabaquismo
lang: Swahili
word: uvutaji sigara
lang: Swedish
word: rökning
lang: Tagalog
word: paninigarilyo
lang: Tajik
word: сигоркашӣ
roman: sigorkaši
lang: Tajik
word: тамокукашӣ
roman: tamokukaši
lang: Telugu
word: ధూమపానము
roman: dhūmapānamu
lang: Thai
word: การสูบ
roman: gaan-sùup
lang: Thai
word: การสูบบุหรี่
roman: gaan-sùup-bù-rìi
lang: Turkish
word: tüttürmek
lang: Ukrainian
word: палі́ння
roman: palínnja
lang: Ukrainian
word: курі́ння
roman: kurínnja
lang: Urdu
word: سِگْریٹ نوشی
roman: sigreṭ nośī
lang: Uzbek
word: chekish
lang: Vietnamese
word: sự hút thuốc
lang: Bashkir
word: төтәү
roman: tötəw
lang: Finnish
word: savuaminen
lang: Portuguese
word: esfumaçamento
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: smùideadh
lang: Slovak
word: dymenie