Smoke

What “Smoke” means

Noun

1. The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.
2. A cigarette.
3. Anything to smoke (e.g. cigarettes, marijuana, etc.)
4. An instance of smoking a cigarette, cigar, etc.; the duration of this act.
5. A fleeting illusion; something insubstantial, evanescent, unreal, transitory, or without result.

Verb

1. To inhale and exhale the smoke from a burning cigarette or cigar, burning material in a pipe, etc.
2. To inhale and exhale tobacco smoke.
3. To give off smoke.
4. To give off smoke.
5. To give off smoke.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English smoke, from Old English smoca (“smoke”), probably a derivative of the verb (see below). Related to Dutch smook (“smoke”), Middle Low German smôk (“smoke”), German Schmauch (“smoke (from a gun barrel)”).

From Middle English smoken, from Old English smocian (“to smoke, to emit smoke”), from Proto-West Germanic *smokōn, from Proto-Germanic *smukōną (“to smoke”), ablaut derivative of Proto-Germanic *smaukaną (“to smoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewg- (“to smoke”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian smookje (“to smoke”), West Frisian smoke (“to smoke”), Dutch smoken (“to smoke”), Low German smöken (“to smoke”), German Low German smoken (“to smoke”). Related also to Old English smēocan (“to smoke, emit smoke; fumigate”), Bavarian schmuckelen (“to smell bad, reek”).

Business name ideas with “Smoke”

Industries where “Smoke” fits

We suggest this word for 3 business types and industries, including:

• BBQ Restaurant
• Vape Shop
• Tobacco Stores