Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To smoke continually, as by lighting the next cigarette from the previous one.
- intransitive verb To smoke (cigarettes, for example) in continuing succession.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To smoke
cigarettes bycontinuously lighting one from the glowing end of the previous one. - verb intransitive To smoke tobacco cigarettes frequently.
- verb transitive To smoke by continuously lighting one from another.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb smoke one cigarette after another; light one cigarette from the preceding one
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Examples
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I want to sit in bed and chain-smoke while high on half a Vicodin and watch a couple of documentaries like I used to do on a Friday night when the mood struck.
Teresa Strasser: I'll Miss You, Toxins Teresa Strasser 2011
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I want to sit in bed and chain-smoke while high on half a Vicodin and watch a couple of documentaries like I used to do on a Friday night when the mood struck.
Teresa Strasser: I'll Miss You, Toxins Teresa Strasser 2011
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Bill and Melinda are also characters who've lived long, relatively healthy lives, but still chain-smoke cigarettes.
Andy Shaw: 'Angels' in Search of a Better Government Andy Shaw 2011
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I sit in the backseat of her car, miserable, as they chain-smoke cigarettes and sing along to Britney Spears at top volume.
Get Laid or Die Trying Jeff Allen 2011
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I want to sit in bed and chain-smoke while high on half a Vicodin and watch a couple of documentaries like I used to do on a Friday night when the mood struck.
Teresa Strasser: I'll Miss You, Toxins Teresa Strasser 2011
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Bill and Melinda are also characters who've lived long, relatively healthy lives, but still chain-smoke cigarettes.
Andy Shaw: 'Angels' in Search of a Better Government Andy Shaw 2011
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I'd head straight for the vast heated greenhouses, where I'd pity my adolescent plight, chain-smoke, and glory in the insane vegetation that burgeoned there.
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I sit in the backseat of her car, miserable, as they chain-smoke cigarettes and sing along to Britney Spears at top volume.
Get Laid or Die Trying Jeff Allen 2011
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Apparently she didn't really eat, choosing instead to pound Diet Coke and chain-smoke all day.
Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 4 Recap: That Darn Hat 2010
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Fizzy adaptations such as Bridget Jones's Diarycontended that a version of Lizzy could chain-smoke and eat too much Christmas Stilton without negating Austen's sardonic comedy of manners.
Not-So-Plain Jane 2010
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