smoking

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsməʊkɪŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsmoʊkɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -əʊkɪŋ

Verb

smoking

1. present participle of smoke

Noun

smoking (countable and uncountable, plural smokings)

1. The burning and inhalation of tobacco.

   Smoking can lead to lung cancer.

   • 2012, Montgomery J. Granger, Saving Grace at Guantanamo Bay: A Memoir of a Citizen Warrior

     He had the loudest voice of any drill sergeant, and seemed to enjoy the group smokings as well as the individual smokings.

2. (by extension) The burning and inhalation of other substances, e.g. marijuana.

Adjective

smoking (comparative more smoking, superlative most smoking)

1. Giving off smoke.
2. (slang) Sexually attractive, usually referring to a woman.

   That woman is smoking!

Alternative forms

• smokink

Etymology

Borrowed from French smoking, from English smoking jacket.

Noun

smoking m

1. dinner jacket, tuxedo

Etymology

Borrowed from French smoking, from English smoking jacket.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smoːkenɡ/, [ˈsmoːkʰeŋ], /smovkenɡ/, [ˈsmɔwkʰeŋ]

Noun

smoking c (singular definite smokingen, plural indefinite smokinger)

1. black tie, dinner jacket, tuxedo

Etymology

From English smoking jacket.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smɔ.kiŋ/

Noun

smoking m (plural smokings)

1. tuxedo, dinner jacket

Further reading

• “smoking” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

Borrowed from French smoking, from English smoking jacket.

Noun

smoking m (invariable)

1. tuxedo, dinner jacket

Etymology

From English smoking jacket

Noun

smoking m (definite singular smokingen, indefinite plural smokinger, definite plural smokingene)

1. tuxedo

Etymology

From English smoking jacket

Noun

smoking m (definite singular smokingen, indefinite plural smokingar, definite plural smokingane)

1. tuxedo

Etymology

Borrowed from French smoking, from English smoking jacket.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmɔ.kʲink/

Noun

smoking m inan

1. tuxedo, dinner jacket

Etymology

Borrowed from French smoking, from English smoking jacket.

Noun

smoking m (plural smokings)

1. tuxedo (formal suit)

Etymology

Borrowed from French smoking, from English smoking jacket.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smǒkinɡ/
• Hyphenation: smo‧king

Noun

smòking m (Cyrillic spelling смо̀кинг)

1. tuxedo, dinner jacket

Alternative forms

• esmoquin

Etymology

Borrowed from French smoking, from English smoking jacket.

Noun

smoking m (plural smoking)

1. tuxedo, dinner jacket