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chain-smoke

[ cheyn-smohk ]

verb (used with or without object)

chain-smoked, chain-smoking.
  1. to smoke continually, as by lighting one cigarette, cigar, etc., from the preceding one.


chain-smoke

verb

  1. to smoke (cigarettes, etc) continually, esp lighting one from the preceding one
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • chain smoker, noun
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Other Words From

  • chain smoker chain-smoker noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of chain-smoke1

First recorded in 1930–35
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Example Sentences

A second Russian intelligence team circled, including a chain-smoking blonde woman referred to only as "Red Sparrow".

From BBC

But even Thornton, who plays chain-smoking crisis manager Tommy Norris in the series, is overwhelmed by the impressive ratings of “Landman,” which aired its Season 1 finale on Sunday.

The court heard how all three defendants took part in a complex surveillance mission that involved a chain-smoking, fast food loving, Russian spy codenamed Red Sparrow.

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Raised on a steady diet of war stories, and with a chain-smoking aunt who gave her eyesight and two arms to the cause, the pair join the IRA intending to do more than secretarial work.

From Salon

She spent the month before the festival working 18-hour days in her pajamas, chain-smoking cigarettes.

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