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smoke ring

smoke ring noun: a vortex ring of smoke; typically one exhaled by a smoker.

smoke ring: a vortex ring of smoke; typically one exhaled by a smoker
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Noun

smoke ring (plural smoke rings)

  1. A vortex ring of smoke; typically one exhaled by a smoker.
    • A smoke ring persists for a surprisingly long time, illustrating the slow rate at which viscosity dissipates the energy of a vortex.
    • Puff—puff—puff—went John’s pipe; and as the circling smoke-rings went up, the pictures therein framed became as distinct as if they had been drawn by the delicate pencil of Hammatt Billings.1854, John Ross Dix, chapter 2, in The Worth of the Worthless, Boston: Shakspeare Division of Sons of Temperance, page 46

Forms of smoke ring

pluralsmoke rings

Questions about smoke ring

What does smoke ring mean?
Smoke ring means a vortex ring of smoke; typically one exhaled by a smoker.
What part of speech is smoke ring?
Smoke ring is a noun.
What is the plural of smoke ring?
The plural of smoke ring is smoke rings.

Words near smoke ring in the dictionary

  1. smoke points
  2. smoke pole
  3. smoke poles
  4. smoke proof
  5. smoke proofs
  6. smoke ring
  7. smoke rings
  8. Smoke Rise
  9. smoke room
  10. smoke rooms
  11. smoke sail

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