Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - smoke

~1 n 1 grey gas that is produced by something burning  (Clouds of black smoke belched from the building. | cigarette smoke) 2 C usually singular an act of smoking a cigarette etc  (a cup of coffee and a smoke) 3 slang a cigarette or drugs that are smoked 4 the Smoke BrE, AustrE London or any large town or city 5 go up in smoke informal if your plans go up in smoke, you cannot do what you intended to do 6 there's no smoke without fire spoken used to say that if something bad is being said about someone, it is probably partly true - smokeless adj ~2 v 1 to suck or breathe in smoke from a cigarette, pipe etc  (I haven't smoked for over two years.) 2 to breathe in smoke from burning an illegal drug  (smoking dope) 3 if something smokes it has smoke coming out of it  (a smoking chimney) 4 if a fire smokes it lets too much smoke into a room 5 to give fish and meat a special taste by hanging it in smoke smoke sb/sth out phr v 1 to fill a place with smoke to force someone or something to come out 2 to discover who is causing a particular problem and force them to make themselves known  (an attempt to smoke out and defeat the subversive forces in government)