chain smoke
chain smoke is the alternative form of chain-smoke.
Meaning of chain-smoke
Verb
chain-smoke (third-person singular simple present chain-smokes, present participle chain-smoking, simple past and past participle chain-smoked)
- To smoke cigarettes by continuously lighting one from the glowing end of the previous one.
- To smoke tobacco cigarettes frequently.
- To smoke by continuously lighting one from another.
- The two of them chain-smoked a dime bag's worth of marijuana.
Forms of chain smoke
| third-person singular present | chain smokes |
|---|---|
| present participle | chain smoking |
| past participle | chain smoked |
| past | chain smoked |
Questions about chain smoke
- What is chain smoke the alternative form of?
- Chain smoke is the alternative form of chain-smoke.
Words near chain smoke in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: chain smoke (page history and authors); chain-smoke (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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