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chain-smoke

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈtʃeɪnsməʊk/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(chān′smōk′)

Inflections of 'chain-smoke' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

chain-smokes: v 3rd person singular

chain-smoking: v pres p

chain-smoked: v past

chain-smoked: v past p

ˈchain-ˌsmoke, v., -smoked, -smok•ing.

to smoke continually, esp. by lighting one cigarette, etc., from the preceding one: [no object]He waited nervously, chain-smoking.[~ + object]She chain-smoked three packs a day.

chain smok•er, chain--smok•er, n. [countable]

chain-smoke (chān′smōk′),USA pronunciation v.i., v.t., -smoked, -smoking.

to smoke continually, as by lighting one cigarette, cigar, etc., from the preceding one.

1930–35

chain′ smok′er.
chain′-smok′er, n.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

chain-smoke vb

to smoke (cigarettes, etc) continually, esp lighting one from the preceding one

chain smoker n

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