Definition of "smoke" []

• The vaporous system made up of small particles of carbonaceous matter in the air, resulting mainly from the burning of organic material, such as wood or coal. (noun)
• A suspension of fine solid or liquid particles in a gaseous medium. (noun)
• A cloud of fine particles. (noun)
• Something insubstantial, unreal, or transitory. (noun)
• The act of smoking a form of tobacco: went out for a smoke. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The suffering man ought really 'to consume his own smoke;' there is no good in emitting _smoke_ till you have made it into _fire_, -- which, in the metaphorical sense too, all smoke is capable of becoming!"
• "Lately, the term "smoke and mirrors" has come up when looking back on Buffalo's 4-1 start."
• "“Would it kill you to just use the word smoke bomb?”"