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smoking out

smoking out is the present participle and gerund of smoke out.

Meaning of smoke out

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.
  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.

Questions about smoking out

What is smoking out the present participle and gerund of?
Smoking out is the present participle and gerund of smoke out.

Words near smoking out in the dictionary

  1. smoking jackets
  2. smoking like a chimney
  3. smoking like a furnace
  4. smoking one's own dope
  5. smoking one's pole
  6. smoking out
  7. smoking pipe
  8. smoking pipes
  9. smoking pole
  10. smoking ponies
  11. smoking room

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