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smoke around

smoke around verb: to give off smoke or steam; to be smoking.

Verb

smoke around (third-person singular simple present smokes around, present participle smoking around, simple past and past participle smoked around)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To give off smoke or steam; to be smoking.
    • He broke his arrows, stampt the ground,
      To view his cities smoaking round.1755, Joseph Warton, “The Revenge of America”, in Robert Dodsley, editor, A Collection of Poems in Four Volumes, volume 4, London: R. and J. Dodsley, page 209
    • Chief mixed his strokes with chief, and man with man; steel, clanging, sounded on steel, helmets are cleft on high. Blood bursts and smoaks around.1762, James Macpherson, Fingal, London: T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt, Book 1, pp. 12-13

Forms of smoke around

third-person singular presentsmokes around
present participlesmoking around
past participlesmoked around
pastsmoked around
alternative formsmoke round

Questions about smoke around

What does smoke around mean?
Smoke around means to give off smoke or steam; to be smoking.
What part of speech is smoke around?
Smoke around is a verb.
What is the past tense of smoke around?
The past tense of smoke around is smoked around.

Words near smoke around in the dictionary

  1. smoke alarm
  2. smoke alarms
  3. smoke and mirrors
  4. smoke arch
  5. smoke arches
  6. smoke around
  7. smoke ball
  8. smoke black
  9. smoke blower
  10. smoke blowers
  11. smoke board

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