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Smoker is a noun derived from "smoke
Smoke

File:Bling-Bling Skywriting David Shankbone.jpgSmoke is the collection of airborne solid and liquid particulates and gases emitted when a material undergoes combustion or pyrolysis, together with the quantity of air that is entrainment or otherwise mixed into the mass....
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Smoking

Smoking is a practice where a substance, most commonly tobacco, is burned and the smoke tasted or inhaled. This is primarily done as a form of recreational drug use, as combustion releases the active substances in drugs such as nicotine and makes them available for absorption through the lungs....
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Smoker is a noun derived from "smoke
Smoke

File:Bling-Bling Skywriting David Shankbone.jpgSmoke is the collection of airborne solid and liquid particulates and gases emitted when a material undergoes combustion or pyrolysis, together with the quantity of air that is entrainment or otherwise mixed into the mass....
"/"smoking
Smoking

Smoking is a practice where a substance, most commonly tobacco, is burned and the smoke tasted or inhaled. This is primarily done as a form of recreational drug use, as combustion releases the active substances in drugs such as nicotine and makes them available for absorption through the lungs....
" and may have the following specialized meanings:
  • Someone who smokes tobacco
    Tobacco smoking

    Tobacco smoking is the inhalation of smoke from burned dried or cured leaves of the tobacco plant, most often in the form of a cigarette. People may smoke casually for pleasure, habitually to satisfy an addiction to the nicotine present in tobacco and to the act of smoking, or in response to social pressure....
     or cannabis
    Cannabis (drug)

    Cannabis, also known as Marijuana or marihuana, or ganja , is a psychoactive drug extracted from the plant Cannabis sativa, or more often, Cannabis sativa subsp....
    , cigarette substitutes or various other drugs
  • Smoking (cooking), smoker, an apparatus for smoking (cooking technique)
  • Bee smoker
    Bee smoker

    A bee smoker is a device used in beekeeping to calm honey bees. It is designed to generate smoke from the smouldering of various fuels, hence the name....
    , a tool used in beekeeping
  • An informal social gathering, excluding women, either professional or informal in which tobacco products may be freely used (archaic since late 20th century)
  • Two-stroke engines due them burning lubricating oil (it got this name before direct injection existed).
  • Slang
    Slang

    Slang is the use of highly informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker's dialect or language....
    , for someone who overtakes others in motorsport
    Motorsport

    Motorsport is the collection of sports which primarily involve the use of motorized vehicles. It was a Olympic_sports#Demonstration_sports event in the 1900 olympics....
     events.


See also

  • Hydrothermal vent
    Hydrothermal vent

    A hydrothermal vent is a fissure vent in a planet's surface from which Geothermal heated water issues. Hydrothermal vents are commonly found near volcano active places, areas where tectonic plates are moving apart, ocean basins, and hotspot ....
    , a fissure in a planet's surface from which geothermally heated water issues
  • A colloquial name for the Regent Parrot
    Regent Parrot

    The Regent Parrot is a bird of the parrot family . The bird is found primarily in eucalyptus groves and other wooded areas of subtropical southwestern Australia, as well as to a smaller area of subtropical and temperate southeastern Australia....
  • A smoker, or copper-burner, is one of the types of allomancer in Brandon Sanderson's fantasy Mistborn
    Mistborn

    AllomancersAllomancers are a fictional group of people from Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series fantasy novel trilogy. They have the ability to "burn" Eating metals, thereby enhancing various physical and mental capacities....
     series
  • Smoker (One Piece), a character from the manga and anime One Piece
  • A Smoker is an infected boss in the 2008 game Left 4 Dead
    Left 4 Dead

    Left 4 Dead is a Cooperative gameplay survival horror first-person shooter video game. It was developed by Turtle Rock Studios, which was purchased by the Valve Corporation part-way into development....
  • A smoking car on a train
    Train

    A train is a connected series of vehicles that move along a track to rail transport from one place to another. The track usually consists of two rail tracks, but might also be a monorail or magnetic levitation train guideway....
     on a bus
  • A boxing smoker is a formal, exclusively male event involving illegally staged and unregulated boxing
    Boxing

    Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
     shows of the early to mid-1900s
  • "The Smoker," a short story by David Schickler
    David Schickler

    David Schickler is an United States author who has published two books, Kissing in Manhattan and Sweet and Vicious. Heavily influenced as a child by the Bible and Edith Hamilton's Mythology , Schickler graduated from Georgetown University with a degree in Foreign Service in 1991 and from Columbia University in 1995....
  • A name for performances by Cambridge Footlights, typically late-night shows presenting a collection of sketches and comedy songs
  • Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors
    Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors

    "Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors" is the first single from Editors' second album An End Has a Start. It was released as a digital download on June 11, 2007 and as a physical single through cd single and Gramophone record on June 18, 2007 in the UK....
    , a top 10 hit from Birmingham indie band Editors
    Editors

    Editors are a British indie rock band based in Birmingham, who formed in 2002. Previously known as Pilot, The Pride and Snowfield, the band consists of Tom Smith , Chris Urbanowicz , Russell Leetch and Ed Lay ....