smoking
the act of smoking tobacco or other substances
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,821 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,882 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the act of smoking tobacco or other substances also: smoke he went outside for a smokesmoking stinks
- a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion also: smoke the fire produced a tower of black smoke that could be seen for miles
adjective
- emitting smoke in great volume a smoking fireplace
smoking in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Paredes stood with his back to it, smoking and warming his hands.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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He found that gentleman, however, still sitting at the front door, smoking serenely.
Admiral Peters Odd Craft, Part 14. · W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs · Chapter 1
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The Major and she are living as happily as birds, in an absurd villa, and the former has taken to smoking.
The Club of Queer Trades · G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton · Chapter 1
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He then rose, filled another pipe, and sat down to meditate on the subject that had brought him to his smoking apartment.
Snowflakes and Sunbeams · R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne · Chapter 1
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Indeed, it took something as tremendous as divorce from all forms of smoking for five hours to make an impression on Bertie.
Under Two Flags · Ouida · Chapter 1