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s mohk

  • n  a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
  • n  a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion
    the fire produced a tower of black smoke that could be seen for miles
  • n  an indication of some hidden activity
    with all that smoke there must be a fire somewhere
  • n  something with no concrete substance
    his dreams all turned to smoke
    it was just smoke and mirrors
  • n  tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder
  • n  street names for marijuana
  • n  the act of smoking tobacco or other substances
    he went outside for a smoke
  • n  (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity
    he showed batters nothing but smoke
  • v  inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes
    We never smoked marijuana
    Do you smoke?
  • v  emit a cloud of fine particles

  • We don't really know how many people smoke it.
  • An alarming number of people want to smoke pot with me.
  • Adding to the mounting evidence against secondhand smoke, a new study links it to an increased risk of dementia in adults.
News & Articles

  • Smoke prompted plane evacuation, DOT says
    Smoke in the cabin of a U.S. Airways flight Saturday night caused the flight crew to evacuate the plane, a Department of Transportation spokeswoman confirmed Thursday. The incident happened at about 10:30 p.m., Caroline Sluyter said. The crew deployed the aircraft’s emergency chutes and passengers exited via the chutes. No one was injured, Sluyter said. She said she did not believe there was a ...
    June 14, 2013 - West Hawaii Today
  • Smoke, heat make it hard to size up Jaroso Fire
    ALBUQUERQUE — Smoke, intense heat and rugged terrain were making it difficult Thursday for fire managers in Northern New Mexico to size up a blaze that was racing across thousands of acres of dead and downed trees deep in the Pecos Wilderness.
    June 14, 2013 - Santa Fe New Mexican
  • Smoke from Big Meadows fire visible in Estes Park
    Smoke from the Big Meadows Fire billows over the Continental Divide Tuesday afternoon. The fire is burning on the west Side of Rocky Mountain National Park. (John Cordsen)
    June 13, 2013 - Estes Park Trail Gazette
Quotes

  • Phil Jackson in USA Today
    I'll smoke a cigar tonight in memory of Red. He was a great guy,said Jackson, who was wearing a yellow baseball hat with the Roman numeral X on it, a gift from his children.
  • Mohammad Asif in Washington Post
    We were attacked with bombs. Thick smoke surrounded us. We all ran in panic in different directions,said Mohammad Asif, a wounded officer taken to a hospital.
  • Tony Gwynn in Forbes
    There was lots of smoke,Gwynn said. "It was still dark, but you could see ash falling everywhere. Trees were down and the power had just went off when we left."

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