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chain-smoke
[ cheyn-smohk ]
verb (used with or without object)
- to smoke continually, as by lighting one cigarette, cigar, etc., from the preceding one.
chain-smoke
verb
- to smoke (cigarettes, etc) continually, esp lighting one from the preceding one
Derived Forms
- chain smoker, noun
Other Words From
- chain smoker chain-smoker noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of chain-smoke1
Example Sentences
A second Russian intelligence team circled, including a chain-smoking blonde woman referred to only as "Red Sparrow".
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.
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.
She spent the month before the festival working 18-hour days in her pajamas, chain-smoking cigarettes.
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