Topic: DAILY LIFE
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| Language: | Old English |
| Origin: | smoca |
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smoke1 S3 W3
1 [uncountable]D white, grey or black gas that is produced by something burning : 
cigarette smokeSmoke from burning fields drifted across nearby roads.
cigarette smokeSmoke from burning fields drifted across nearby roads. wisp/puff of smoke (=a small amount of smoke) Rangers watched from their fire towers for any wisps of smoke.
Rangers watched from their fire towers for any wisps of smoke.2 [countable usually singular] an act of smoking a cigarette etc : He went outside for a quiet smoke.
He went outside for a quiet smoke.3
(go) up in smoke
a) if something goes up in smoke, it burns so that it is completely destroyed : The whole factory went up in smoke.
The whole factory went up in smoke.b) informal if a plan or some work goes up in smoke, it fails or you cannot continue with it : We haven't worked this long just to see everything go up in smoke.
We haven't worked this long just to see everything go up in smoke.4 [countable] spokenDFTMDD a cigarette or drugs that are smoked : Where are the smokes, Jeff?
Where are the smokes, Jeff?5 used to say that if something bad is being said about someone, it is probably partly true
