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How to pronounce smoking in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms smoke
Type of vaporisation, evaporation, vapor, vapour, vaporization
Derivation smoke
Type Words
Synonyms smoke
Type of respiration, external respiration, breathing, ventilation
Has types puffing
Derivation smoke


smoking stinks.
Type Words


a smoking fireplace.

Examples of smoking

smoking
The ban prohibits smoking in workplaces, public buildings, bars and restaurants.
From the dailyherald.com
Participants in the study who never quit smoking were the most depressed of all.
From the abcnews.go.com
I hope this shared story helps others to make sense of the need to quit smoking.
From the washingtontimes.com
Billy, their first subject, was standing outside in shorts, smoking a cigarette.
From the kentucky.com
The court found clear evidence that Stalteri's cancer was caused by his smoking.
From the upi.com
Smoking, diabetes, poor nutrition, and hormonal changes all exacerbate the risk.
From the abcnews.go.com
She called all of us Cuz in that raspy voice of hers, raw from years of smoking.
From the sfgate.com
Last year, San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium eliminated its designated smoking areas.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Jimmie P. Willis, who is in his early 70s, began smoking when he was a teenager.
From the kentucky.com
More examples
  • A cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
  • Inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes; "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?"
  • A hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion; "the fire produced a tower of black smoke that could be seen for miles"
  • Fume: emit a cloud of fine particles; "The chimney was fuming"
  • An indication of some hidden activity; "with all that smoke there must be a fire somewhere"
  • Something with no concrete substance; "his dreams all turned to smoke"; "it was just smoke and mirrors"
  • Smoke is a colloid and comprises a collection of airborne solid and liquid particulates and gases emitted when a material undergoes combustion or pyrolysis, together with the quantity of air that is entrained or otherwise mixed into the mass. ...
  • Smoke is an album by Paul Kelly and Melbourne bluegrass band, Uncle Bill, which was composed of Gerry Hale on guitar, dobro, mandolin, fiddle and vocals, Adam Gare on fiddle, mandolin and vocals, Peter Somerville on banjo and vocals and Stuart Speed on double bass. ...
  • Smoke was a widely acclaimed band from the Cabbagetown neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia that dissolved in 1999 with the death of writer/singer Benjamin. Benjamin is the subject of Peter Sillen and Jem Cohen's documentary Benjamin Smoke (2000).