smoking

IPA: smˈoʊkɪŋ

The act or process of emitting smoke.
The burning and inhalation of tobacco.
(by extension) The burning and inhalation of other substances, e.g. marijuana.
The act of exposing (something) to smoke; (by extension) the process by which foods are cured or flavoured by smoke
(slang, obsolete) A bantering; teasing; mockery.

Examples of "smoking" in Sentences

Smoking is bad for health.
He is smoking a cigarette.
Smoking in the lavatory will set off the smoke alarm.
Most of the rest of the nation uses the phrase smoking up.
L: That much about not smoking ... * shows Christus smoking* C: (?) ... about smoking these.
The term smoking hot is tossed around alot, but this is one of those rare occassions when it may be exactly the right term.
TAYLOR: Well, I think when the term smoking gun is used, when, it might, in the quote you mentioned from "Newsweek," I was making a technical answer.
I know that smoking is considered oh so politically incorrect these days, but here’s a novel idea; in the finest traditions of freedom and democracy, why not have ’smoking’ and ‘non smoking’ bars, pubs, and restaurants?