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chain-smoke Definition

chain·-smoke (-smōk′)

transitive verb, intransitive verb -·smoked′, -·smok′ing

to smoke (cigarettes) one right after the other, often, specif., using each to light the next

chain-smoke Related Forms
chain smoker noun or chain′·-smok′er
chain-smoke Usage Examples

Object

  • cigarette: He didn't feel like facing his mother right now, so he sat in the shed, chain-smoking cigarettes for an hour.
  • cigar: The owner was an old man with broken, yellow teeth, who between describing the delights of his establishment chain-smoked little cigars.