Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pass the bottle of smoke

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.24 in modern English

Syllables: pass the bot-tle of smoke
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

2

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To acquiesce in some falsehood; to make pretence.

Example Sentences

"To help myself in my turn, as the man before me helps himself in his, and pass the bottle of smoke. To keep up the pretence as to labour, and study, and patience, and being devoted to my art, and giving up many solitary days to it, and abandoning many pleasures for it, and living in it, and all the rest of it—in short, to pass the bottle of smoke, according to rule."
"The special streak of the young talent that fascinates me more is the strong impulse to stand against standardized cunning ploy of passing the bottle of smoke in the name of cinema."

Inflected Forms

passes the bottle of smoke (present, singular) passing the bottle of smoke (participle, present) passed the bottle of smoke (participle, past) passed the bottle of smoke (past)

Phrases

blow smoke smoke blower

Frequently Paired Words

blow smoke smoke blower

Questions

What does pass the bottle of smoke mean?: To acquiesce in some falsehood; to make pretence.

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