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chain-smoke

verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To smoke cigarettes by continuously lighting one from the glowing end of the previous one.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

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2

verb

Meaning 2

To smoke tobacco cigarettes frequently.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

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3

verb

Meaning 3

To smoke by continuously lighting one from another.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The two of them chain-smoked a dime bag's worth of marijuana.

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4

verb

Meaning 4

smoke one cigarette after another; light one cigarette from the preceding one

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: smoke

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Danish: kæderyge — to smoke cigarettes frequently
  • Finnish: polttaa usein — to smoke cigarettes frequently
  • Finnish: polttaa ketjussa — to smoke cigarettes frequently
  • French: fumer à la chaîne — to smoke cigarettes frequently
  • Hebrew: עִשֵּׁן בְּשַׁרְשֶׁרֶת — to smoke cigarettes frequently
  • Polish: palić w ciągu — to smoke cigarettes frequently
  • Romanian: fuma țigară după țigară — to smoke cigarettes frequently
  • Russian: непрерывно курить (nepreryvno kuritʹ) — to smoke cigarettes frequently
  • Spanish: fumar compulsivamente — to smoke cigarettes frequently
  • Swedish: kedjeröka — to smoke cigarettes frequently