Word for the day: smoking

smoking |ˈsməʊkɪŋ|    *el fumar (In Spanish)DEFINITIONnoun [ mass noun ]
The action or habit of inhaling and exhaling the smoke of tobacco or a drug: the effect of smoking on health.smoke |sməʊk|            *humo (In Spanish)DEFINITIONnoun
1 [ mass noun ] a visible suspension of carbon or other particles in air, typically one emitted from a burning substance.2 an act of smoking tobacco.3 ( the Smoke or the Big Smoke )Brit. informal a big city, especially London.

EXAMPLES
1. bonfire smoke.2. I'm dying for a smoke.• informal a cigarette or cigar.3. she was offered a job in the Smoke.

PHRASES
go up in smoke informal be destroyed by fire. • (of a plan) come to nothing: more than one dream is about to go up in smoke.no smoke without fire (N. Amer. also where there's smoke there's fire ) proverb there's always some reason for a rumour.smoke and mirrors N. Amer.the obscuring or embellishing of the truth of a situation with misleading or irrelevant information: the budget process is an exercise in smoke and mirrors.[with reference to illusion created by conjuring tricks.]smoke like a chimney smoke tobacco incessantly.
ORIGIN Old English smoca (noun), smocian (verb), from the Germanic base of smēocan ‘emit smoke’; related to Dutch smook and German Schmauch .

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