smoker
/ˈsmoʊkɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person who smokes tobacco habitually.
noun
A smoking car on a train.
noun
An informal social gathering for men only, at which smoking tobacco is allowed.
Dated; Informal
noun
A social event featuring sketches, songs, etc., whether or not smoking is carried out.
British usage; Dated; Informal
noun
A vent in the deep ocean floor from which a plume of superheated seawater, rich in minerals, erupts.
Example Sentences
- "Even though I don't smoke, I'm not one of those fanatics you run into. In fact, I love watching cigarette smokers in their sad little sealed-off areas, sucking away, deep lines in their faces, precancerous lesions taking hold, the posture and body language of petty criminals. You know what you do with these people? Give 'em free cigarettes. Let 'em smoke. Offer them a light!"
- "a water pipe smoker"
- "a smoker of cannabis"
- "meth smokers"
- "We had all got into a first-class smoker, and he had already lit the short and charred old briar pipe which seemed to singe the end of his long, aggressive nose."
- "A smoker at which prizes were distributed was held at the Hotel Victory […]"
Etymology
Etymology tree Middle English smoken English smoke Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English smoker From smoke + -er.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsmoʊkɚ/