smoking

Meanings

Adjective

Noun

  • The act or process of emitting smoke.
  • The burning and inhalation of tobacco.
  • The burning and inhalation of other substances, e.g. marijuana.
  • The act of exposing (something) to smoke; the process by which foods are cured or flavoured by smoke
  • A bantering; teasing; mockery.

Origin

  • From Middle English smokynge, smokiende, from Old English smociende, from Proto-Germanic *smukōndz, equivalent to smoke + -ing.
  • From Middle English smokyng, smokynge, equivalent to smoke + -ing.

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