Smoke Black Sməʊk People Die Noun Cigarette/Tobacco Plumes

• cigarette/tobacco smoke
• plumes of black smoke could be seen rising from the area.
• the explosion sent a huge cloud of smoke into the sky.
• clouds of thick black smoke billowed from the car's exhaust.

smoke

1. the grey, white or black gas that is produced by something burning
• SEE ALSO second-hand smoke
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/second-hand-smoke
• cigarette/tobacco smoke
• Plumes of black smoke could be seen rising from the area.
• The explosion sent a huge cloud of smoke into the sky.
• Clouds of thick black smoke billowed from the car's exhaust.
• His eyes were smarting from the smoke from the fire.
• The smoke from their cigarettes curled upwards.
• The majority of people who die in fires die of smoke inhalation.
• Check your smoke detectors for dead batteries.
• The witch disappeared in a puff of smoke.
• I can definitely smell smoke.

Extra Examples

• Blue smoke curled up from her cigarette.
• Don't blow smoke in my face!
• Hundreds of people die each year as a result of exposure to second-hand smoke.
• I taught myself to blow smoke rings.
• The club had a smoke machine and laser show.
• When the smoke cleared we saw the extent of the damage.
2. an act of smoking a cigarette
• Are you coming outside for a smoke?
• He's in the back garden having a smoke.
3. London, or another large city
4. to try to trick somebody or lie to somebody, particularly by saying something is better than it really is
5. to be completely burnt
• The whole house went up in smoke.
6. if your plans, hopes, etc. go up in smoke, they fail completely
• Hopes of an early end to the dispute have gone up in smoke.
7. if something bad is being said about somebody/something, it usually has some truth in it
8. the fact of hiding the truth with information that is not important or relevant
• There's a lot of smoke and mirrors in the financing of this film.
9. a decision that people describe as being made in a smoke-filled room is made by a small group of people at a private meeting, rather than in an open and democratic way

Word Origin

• Old English smoca (noun), smocian (verb), from the Germanic base of smēocan ‘emit smoke’; related to Dutch smook and German Schmauch.