smoker
US/ˈsmoʊkɚ/
smoker noun: a person who smokes tobacco habitually.
Noun
smoker (plural smokers)
- A person who smokes tobacco habitually.
- Even though I don't smoke, I'm not one of those fanatics you run into. In fact, I love watching cigarette smokers in their sad little sealed-off areas, sucking away, deep lines in their faces, precancerous lesions taking hold, the posture and body language of petty criminals. You know what you do...1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 47
- Antonyms:
- never-smoker, quitter
- Someone who smokes (something).
- a water pipe smoker
- a smoker of cannabis
- A smoking car on a train.
- We had all got into a first-class smoker, and he had already lit the short and charred old briar pipe which seemed to singe the end of his long, aggressive nose.1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
- An informal social gathering for men only, at which smoking tobacco is allowed.
- A smoker at which prizes were distributed was held at the Hotel Victory […]1904, Forest and Stream, volume 63, page 120
- One of the most unique athletic programs given in Tacoma for a long time, and which should furnish rare fun for the spectators, is scheduled for the smoker given tonight by company A, Second infantry regiment, N. G. W., at the company drill hall, South Twelfth and A streets.1908 April 22, The Tacoma Daily Ledger, page 7
- A social event featuring sketches, songs, etc., whether or not smoking is carried out.
- All grins and tuxes at some charity smoker in a city-centre hotel.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 129
- A vent in the deep ocean floor from which a plume of superheated seawater, rich in minerals, erupts.
- An illicit boxing match; see Wikipedia:Battle Royal (boxing).
- A device that releases smoke intended to distract bees; a bee smoker.
- A person or an apparatus that smokes food.
- A two-stroke engine.
- Any vehicle with a two-stroke engine, especially a motorcycle, as opposed to a four-stroke motorcycle or stroker.
- A fastball.
- Synonym of stag film.
- Synonyms:
- stag film
- A tobacco pipe that produces smoke well when used.
- Cripps selected from his store a battered pipe that looked as if it had been dug up with a corpse, and smelt worse than it looked, which he handed tenderly to the curate, with an air of conferring on him a sacred trust. "It's a beautiful smoker," he assured the curate, but the curate had still a...1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 27
Proper noun capitalized: Smoker
Smoker (plural Smokers)
- A surname.
smoker meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
smoker in Hindi
- smoker
- धूम्रपानी dhūmrapānī
smoker in Tamil
- புகைப்பவர், புகையூட்டி
smoker in Marathi
- person who smokes tobacco habitually
- धूमक dhūmak, धुम्रपान करणारा dhumrapān karṇārā, धुम्रपान करणारी dhumrapān karṇārī
smoker in Bengali
- ধূমপায়ী ব্যক্তি
More languagesFewer languages
- smoker in Kannada
- ಧೂಮಪಾನಿ, ಹೊಗೆಸೊಪ್ಪು ಸೇದುವವ
- smoker in Arabic
- مُدَخِّن mudaḵḵin, مُدَخِّنَة mudaḵḵina
- smoker in Persian
- سیگاری sigâri, دود خوار dud xâr
- smoker in Thai
- คนสูบบุหรี่ kon sùup-bù-rìi
- smoker in Vietnamese
- người nghiện hút
Examples of smoker in a sentence
- A morning paper made brief mention of a smoker that was to be given on the following evening by the German minister.1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Plot That Failed”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company...
- Yes we're gonna have a wingding / A summer smoker underground1982, Donald Fagen, “New Frontier”, in The Nightfly:
- "It's a beautiful smoker," he assured the curate, but the curate had still a saving remnant of caution left him.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 27:
Synonyms of smoker
Antonyms
Forms of smoker
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | smokers |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Smokers |
Origin of smoker
From smoke + -er.
Words formed from smoker
Phrases with smoker
Words that rhyme with smoker
Questions about smoker
- What does smoker mean?
- Smoker means a person who smokes tobacco habitually.
- What is smoker in Hindi?
- Smoker in Hindi is धूम्रपानी (dhūmrapānī). See Smoker meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use smoker in a sentence?
- A morning paper made brief mention of a smoker that was to be given on the following evening by the German minister.
- What part of speech is smoker?
- Smoker can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce smoker?
- Smoker is pronounced /ˈsmoʊkɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of smoker?
- The plural of smoker is smokers.
Words near smoker in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: smoker (page history and authors); Smoker (page history and authors); धूम्रपानी (Hindi) (page history and authors); smoker (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); smoker (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); smoker (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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