smoker
See also: Smoker
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈsmoʊkɚ/
- Rhymes: -əʊkə(r)
Noun
smoker (plural smokers)
- A person who smokes tobacco habitually.
- A smoking car on a train.
- (informal, dated) An informal social gathering for men only, at which smoking tobacco is allowed.
- Strand Magazine
- That evening A Company had a "smoker" in one of the disused huts of Shorncliffe Camp.
- Strand Magazine
- (informal, dated, Britain, Cambridge University slang) A social event featuring sketches, songs, etc., whether or not smoking is carried out.
- A vent in the deep ocean floor from which a plume of superheated seawater, rich in minerals, erupts.
- (slang) An illicit boxing match; see Wikipedia:Battle Royal (boxing).
- A device that releases smoke intended to distract bees; a bee smoker.
- A person or an apparatus that smokes food.
- (slang) A two-stroke engine.
- (slang, by extension) Any vehicle with a two-stroke engine, especially a motorcycle, as opposed to a four-stroke motorcycle or stroker.
- (baseball, informal) A fastball.
Antonyms
Derived terms
- black smoker
- chain-smoker
- passive smoker
- smoker's cough
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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