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smoke out

smoke out verb: to drive out (something or somebody) using smoke.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To drive out (something or somebody) using smoke.
    • We smoked the critters out of their hole.
    • In the Tyrol, on May Day, it was the custom to smoke out witches by burning bundles of black and red spotted hemlock.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 113
  2. (broadly, figuratively, idiomatic, transitive) To expose (something or somebody).
    • The culprit will be smoked out by the end of the day.
  3. (slang, transitive) To offer to smoke cannabis with someone; to smoke cannabis with someone.
    • I didn't have any weed, so Joe smoked me out with his stash.
  4. (slang) To smoke too much (usually cannabis); to become too stoned.
    • He was smoked out and really needed to take a break.
  5. (passive, slang, usually) To run out of tobacco or cannabis; to be emptied of tobacco or cannabis.
    • We passed the bong around until it was smoked out.

Forms of smoke out

third-person singular presentsmokes out
present participlesmoking out
past participlesmoked out
pastsmoked out

Questions about smoke out

What does smoke out mean?
Smoke out means to drive out (something or somebody) using smoke.
What part of speech is smoke out?
Smoke out is a verb.
What is the past tense of smoke out?
The past tense of smoke out is smoked out.

Words near smoke out in the dictionary

  1. smoke machine
  2. smoke machines
  3. smoke meat
  4. smoke my pole
  5. smoke one's own dope
  6. smoke out
  7. smoke point
  8. smoke points
  9. smoke pole
  10. smoke poles
  11. smoke proof

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