smoker
See also: Smoker
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈsmoʊkɚ/
- Rhymes: -əʊkə(r)
Noun
smoker (plural smokers)
- A person who smokes tobacco habitually.
- A smoking car on a train.
- An informal social gathering for men only.
- Strand Magazine
- That evening A Company had a "smoker" in one of the disused huts of Shorncliffe Camp.
- Strand Magazine
- A vent in the deep ocean floor from which a plume of superheated seawater, rich in minerals, erupts.
- An illicit boxing match; see Wikipedia:Battle Royal (boxing).
- A device that releases smoke intended to distract bees (also more specifically called a bee smoker).
- An apparatus for smoking food, or a person who smokes food.
- (Britain, Cambridge University slang) A social event featuring sketches, songs, etc., whether or not smoking is carried out.
- (slang) A two-stroke engine or by extension the vehicle itself. Especially when talking about a motorcycle, as opposed to a four-stroke motorcycle (stroker).
- (baseball) A fastball.
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Translations
person who smokes tobacco habitually
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smoking car — see smoking car
informal social gathering for men only
vent in the deep ocean floor
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illicit boxing match
bee smoker — see bee smoker
apparatus for smoking food
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Further reading
Tobacco smoking on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Hydrothermal vent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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