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chain-smoking

chain-smoking adjective: of or pertaining someone who chain-smokes. Also the present participle and gerund of chain-smoke.

Adjective

chain-smoking

  1. Of or pertaining someone who chain-smokes.

Noun

chain-smoking (countable and uncountable, plural chain-smokings)

  1. The act or habit of smoking cigarettes continuously or frequently.

Also used as

chain-smoking is also the present participle and gerund of chain-smoke.

Forms of chain-smoking

pluralchain-smokings
alternative formchainsmoking
alternative formchain smoking

Questions about chain-smoking

What does chain-smoking mean?
Chain-smoking means of or pertaining someone who chain-smokes.
What part of speech is chain-smoking?
Chain-smoking can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near chain-smoking in the dictionary

  1. chain-smoke
  2. chain-smoked
  3. chain-smoker
  4. chain-smokers
  5. chain-smokes
  6. chain-smoking
  7. chain-smokings
  8. chain-snatch
  9. chain-snatched
  10. chain-snatches
  11. chain-snatching

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