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smoking up

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

Meaning of smoke up

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To fill with smoke.
  2. (intransitive) To become filled with smoke.
  3. (informal, intransitive) To smoke, and get the effects from, a drug, especially marijuana.
    • Oh baby, baby, have you seen Amy tonight? / Is she in the bathroom, is she smokin' up outside?2008, Max Martin, If U Seek Amy (song performed by Britney Spears)
  4. (informal, transitive) To provide the resources for another to smoke, especially marijuana.
    • He usually smokes me up, so I smoked him up last night.
  5. (transitive) To smoke all of one's supplies.
  6. (transitive) To cook by smoking.

Questions about smoking up

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

Words near smoking up in the dictionary

  1. smoking room
  2. smoking rooms
  3. smoking someone's pole
  4. smoking stool syndrome
  5. smoking the whole pack
  6. smoking up
  7. smoking-jacketed
  8. smoking-room
  9. smoking-rooms
  10. smokingly
  11. smokings

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