2smoke verb
smokes; smoked; smok·ing 1 : to suck the smoke from a cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc., into your mouth and lungs and then exhale it [+ obj] ▪ I caught her smoking a cigarette. ▪ He was thrown out of school for smoking marijuana. [no obj] ▪ She smokes and drinks, but I don't. ▪ Do you mind if I smoke in here? — see also chain-smoke, smoking 2 [+ obj] : to produce smoke
▪ That old car smokes when you start it up. ▪ the smoking remains of a fire ▪ Olive oil has a high smoking point. [=it does not begin to produce smoke until it is heated to a high temperature] 3 [+ obj] : to use smoke to flavor and preserve (food, such as meat, cheese, or fish)
▪ We smoke our hams over hickory. — see also smoked 4 [+ obj] US, informal a : to beat (someone or something) completely : defeat
▪ They smoked the competition. ▪ We got smoked.
b : to hit (a ball) very hard and fast
▪ (baseball) He smoked a line drive into left field. ▪ (tennis) She smoked a forehand down the line.
▪ That old car smokes when you start it up. ▪ the smoking remains of a fire ▪ Olive oil has a high smoking point. [=it does not begin to produce smoke until it is heated to a high temperature]
▪ We smoke our hams over hickory. — see also smoked
▪ They smoked the competition. ▪ We got smoked.
b : to hit (a ball) very hard and fast
▪ (baseball) He smoked a line drive into left field. ▪ (tennis) She smoked a forehand down the line.
put/stick that in your pipe and smoke it — see 1pipe
smoke like a chimney
chiefly US, informal : to smoke a lot of cigarettes, cigars, etc.
▪ She still smokes like a chimney despite warnings from her doctor.
▪ She still smokes like a chimney despite warnings from her doctor.
smoke out [phrasal verb]
smoke (someone or something) out or smoke out (someone or something) : to force (someone or something) to leave a place by filling the place with smoke
▪ The hunters tried to smoke the foxes out of the den. — often used figuratively ▪ She's determined to smoke out [=find out] the truth about what really happened.
▪ The hunters tried to smoke the foxes out of the den. — often used figuratively ▪ She's determined to smoke out [=find out] the truth about what really happened.
