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smok·er

(smō′kər)

1. One who smokes tobacco.

2. A device, such as a stove, that emits smoke.

3. A smoking car.

4. An informal social gathering for men.

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smoker

(ˈsməʊkə)

1. a person who habitually smokes tobacco

2. (Railways) Also called: smoking compartment a compartment of a train where smoking is permitted

3. an informal social gathering, as at a club

4. (Environmental Science) a vent on the ocean floor from which hot water and minerals erupt

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

smok•er

(ˈsmoʊ kər)

n.

1. one that smokes.

2. Also, smok′ing car`. a railroad passenger car for those who wish to smoke.

3. an informal gathering of men for discussion or the like.

[1590–1600]

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Noun	1.	smoker - a person who smokes tobacco tobacco user consumer - a person who uses goods or services chain-smoker - a heavy smoker (usually of cigarettes) who lights one off of another cigarette smoker - a smoker of cigarettes cigar smoker - a smoker of cigars pipe smoker - a smoker who uses a pipe nonsmoker - a person who does not smoke tobacco
	2.	smoker - a party for men only (or one considered suitable for men only) stag party party - a group of people gathered together for pleasure; "she joined the party after dinner" bachelor party - stag party held for a bachelor (usually on the night before he is married)
	3.	smoker - a passenger car for passengers who wish to smoke smoking car, smoking carriage, smoking compartment carriage, passenger car, coach - a railcar where passengers ride

Translations

مُدَخِّن مُدَخِّن

kuřákkuřačka

ryger

Raucher Raucherin Schmöker

καπνιστής

fumador fumadora

savustinsavustuspönttösavuttajatupakoijatupakoitsija

fumeur fumeuse

pušač

dohányosdohányzó

reykingamaðurreykingamaîur

fumatore vagone per fumatori

喫煙者

흡연자

курильщик курильщица куряка

fajčiar

kadilec

rökare

ผู้สูบบุหรี่

sigara içensigara/puro Vb. tiryakisi

người nghiện thuốc lá

吸烟者

smoker

[ˈsməʊkəʳ] N

1. (= person) → fumador(a) m/f
smoker's cough → tos f de fumador
I'm not a smoker → no fumo
to be a heavy smoker → fumar mucho

2. (= railway carriage) → coche m de fumar, vagón m de fumar

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

smoker

[ˈsməʊkə^r] n

(= person) → fumeur/euse m/f

(= smoking car) → wagon m fumeurssmoke ring n → rond m de fuméesmoke screen smokescreen [ˈsməʊkskriːn] n → paravent msmoke signal n

→ signal m de fumée

(fig) smoke signals (= coded message) → signaux mpl
The smoke signals from the central bank suggest further cuts are coming → Les signaux envoyés par la banque centrale semblent indiquer qu'il faut s'attendre à de nouvelles réductions.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

smoker

(= person) → Raucher(in) m(f); to be a heavy smoker → stark rauchen, starker Raucher sein; smoker’s cough → Raucherhusten m

(Rail) → Raucherabteil nt, → Raucher m

(= entertainment) → Herrenabend m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

smoker

[ˈsməʊkəʳ] n (person) → fumatore/trice, tabagista m/f; (railway carriage) → carrozza (per) fumatori
smoker's cough → tosse f da fumo

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

smoke

(sməuk) noun

1. the cloudlike gases and particles of soot given off by something which is burning. Smoke was coming out of the chimney; He puffed cigarette smoke into my face.

2. an act of smoking (a cigarette etc). I came outside for a smoke.

verb

1. to give off smoke.

2. to draw in and puff out the smoke from (a cigarette etc). I don't smoke, but he smokes cigars.

3. to dry, cure, preserve (ham, fish etc) by hanging it in smoke.

smoked adjective

treated with smoke. smoked cheese.

ˈsmokeless adjective

1. allowing no smoke. Our part of the town is a smokeless zone.

2. burning without smoke. smokeless fuel.

ˈsmoker noun

a person who smokes cigarettes etc. When did you become a smoker?; He's a pipe-smoker.

ˈsmoking noun

the habit of smoking cigarettes etc. He has given up cigarette-smoking at last; Smoking can damage your health.

ˈsmoky adjective

1. filled with, or giving out (too much) smoke. The atmosphere in the room was thick and smoky.

2. like smoke in appearance etc.

ˈsmokiness

noun

smoke detector

a device in a building which sounds a fire alarm when smoke passes through it.

ˈsmokescreen noun

1. a cloud of smoke used to conceal the movements of troops etc.

2. something intended to conceal one's activities etc.

go up in smoke

1. to be completely destroyed by fire. The whole house went up in smoke.

2. to vanish very quickly leaving nothing behind. All his plans have gone up in smoke.

smoker

→ مُدَخِّن kuřák ryger Raucher καπνιστής fumador tupakoitsija fumeur pušač fumatore 喫煙者 흡연자 roker røyker palacz fumador, fumante курильщик rökare ผู้สูบบุหรี่ sigara içen người nghiện thuốc lá 吸烟者

smoker

n fumador -ra mf

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From time to time one of the smokers, overcome with the narcotic, would slip under the table, whereupon the waiters, taking him by the head and feet, carried and laid him upon the bed.

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he breathed at last, who be ye smokers? Shipped men, answered I, when does she sail?

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The salon down-stairs was only an Algerian divan, for the use of smokers. The boudoir up-stairs communicated with the bed-chamber by an invisible door on the staircase; it was evident that every precaution had been taken.

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While this scene was taking place, Bridger left the main body of trappers and rode slowly toward the group of smokers, with his rifle resting across the pommel of his saddle.

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For a little knot of smokers and solemn gossips, who had seldom any new topics of discussion, this was a perfect Godsend.

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These were passed from mouth to mouth by the recumbent smokers, each of whom, taking two or three prodigious whiffs, handed the pipe to his neighbour; sometimes for that purpose stretching indolently across the body of some dozing individual whose exertions at the dinner-table had already induced sleep.

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He neither smoked nor talked, but bending his head first to one side and then to the other watched the smokers with evident pleasure and listened to the conversation of his two neighbors, whom he egged on against each other.

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In the center was a mahogany table, covered with books, and smokers' implements; the walls were decorated with college trophies and colors--flags, posters, photographs and knickknacks--tennis rackets, canoe paddles, golf clubs, and polo sticks.

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"You never disturb us, cousin," said the smokers, while the readers tore themselves from the heroes of the bar-room and gutter long enough to nod affably to their guest.

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Though one of the most inveterate smokers I ever met with, he gave up his cigar, because she said, one day, she hated the stale smell of it in his clothes.

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He relieved her of the stool, the smoker, the cotton-waste, the knife, the screwdriver, and the queen-clipping cage.

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Michel Ardan had volunteered to superintend the transport of the cartridges to the mouth of the Columbiad; but the president, having surprised him with an enormous cigar in his mouth, while he was hunting out the rash spectators to whom he himself offered so dangerous an example, saw that he could not trust this fearless smoker, and was therefore obliged to mount a special guard over him.