Thesaurus results for SMOKING

smoking

verb

Definition of smoking next

present participle of smoke, slang

as in bombing

to defeat by a large margin man, they totally smoked us today!

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Recent Examples of smoking By the end of High Maintenance’s run, Sinclair was smoking mostly by himself. —

Ezra Marcus, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2026 The results from the trial that Mary participated in should come out later this year, but a small study published in 2021 showed that smokers given exenatide, the first GLP-1 on the market, were nearly twice as likely to stop smoking as those given a placebo. —

Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026 Other factors are smoking, being overweight, supplemental estrogen and pregnancy. —

Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026 That’s because any time Booth is, say, smoking a cigarette, it is crudely scratched out onscreen — doubtless at once a nod to TV standards and a thumb to the nose at censors. —

Tom Tapp, Deadline, 8 Feb. 2026 The same rule that bans smoking and the use of cell phones during debates, among other things, also bars the display of slogans, banners or plaques. —

Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2026 House File 781 would remove an exemption from Iowa’s Smokefree Air Act, that allows smoking on gaming floors in the state. —

Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch, 5 Feb. 2026 Also new will be a Cigar Bar with stogies for purchase, situated in an Airstream trailer with Chesterfield sofas and leather club chairs as well as al fresco smoking at outdoor seating and domino tables. —

Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2026 Turning to coaching, they were revered at the New York Skating Club at Madison Square Garden, where they were known for their strict emphasis on figures and classical skating—and Brunet became known for his habit of smoking cigarettes in succession while demonstrating maneuvers. —

Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 3 Feb. 2026

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Verb

For Lucy, that meant realizing that her dad had lied about his true intentions and his role in bombing Shady Sands.

— Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
This is a program where UCLA assistant coach Rod Palmer once had teams competing against the best when alumnus Arron Affalo was bombing in threes and delivering dunks before going on to UCLA and the NBA.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2026