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smoke
(baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity
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noun
(baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity
“He swung late on the fastball”
noun
The act of smoking tobacco or other substances
“He went outside for a smoke”
noun
Street names for marijuana
noun
Tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder
noun
Something with no concrete substance
“His dreams all turned to smoke”
noun
An indication of some hidden activity
“With all that smoke there must be a fire somewhere”
noun
A cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
noun
A hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion
“The fire produced a tower of black smoke that could be seen for miles”
verb
Inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes
“We never smoked marijuana”
verb
Emit a cloud of fine particles
“The chimney was fuming”
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He swung late on the fastball
He showed batters nothing but smoke
He went outside for a smoke
Smoking stinks
His dreams all turned to smoke
It was just smoke and mirrors
With all that smoke there must be a fire somewhere
The fire produced a tower of black smoke that could be seen for miles
We never smoked marijuana
Do you smoke?
The chimney was fuming
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