chain-smoke

(chān′smōk′)

v. chain-smoked, chain-smok·ing, chain-smokes

v.intr.

To smoke continually, as by lighting the next cigarette from the previous one.

v.tr.

To smoke (cigarettes, for example) in continuing succession.

chain smoker n.

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chain-smoke

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

chain smoker n

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chain′-smoke`

v.i., v.t. -smoked, -smok•ing.

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

[1930–35]

chain′ smok`er, chain′-smok`er, n.

chain-smoke

Past participle: chain-smoked
Gerund: chain-smoking

Imperative
chain-smoke
chain-smoke

Present
I chain-smoke
you chain-smoke
he/she/it chain-smokes
we chain-smoke
you chain-smoke
they chain-smoke

Preterite
I chain-smoked
you chain-smoked
he/she/it chain-smoked
we chain-smoked
you chain-smoked
they chain-smoked

Present Continuous
I am chain-smoking
you are chain-smoking
he/she/it is chain-smoking
we are chain-smoking
you are chain-smoking
they are chain-smoking

Present Perfect
I have chain-smoked
you have chain-smoked
he/she/it has chain-smoked
we have chain-smoked
you have chain-smoked
they have chain-smoked

Past Continuous
I was chain-smoking
you were chain-smoking
he/she/it was chain-smoking
we were chain-smoking
you were chain-smoking
they were chain-smoking

Past Perfect
I had chain-smoked
you had chain-smoked
he/she/it had chain-smoked
we had chain-smoked
you had chain-smoked
they had chain-smoked

Future
I will chain-smoke
you will chain-smoke
he/she/it will chain-smoke
we will chain-smoke
you will chain-smoke
they will chain-smoke

Future Perfect
I will have chain-smoked
you will have chain-smoked
he/she/it will have chain-smoked
we will have chain-smoked
you will have chain-smoked
they will have chain-smoked

Future Continuous
I will be chain-smoking
you will be chain-smoking
he/she/it will be chain-smoking
we will be chain-smoking
you will be chain-smoking
they will be chain-smoking

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been chain-smoking
you have been chain-smoking
he/she/it has been chain-smoking
we have been chain-smoking
you have been chain-smoking
they have been chain-smoking

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been chain-smoking
you will have been chain-smoking
he/she/it will have been chain-smoking
we will have been chain-smoking
you will have been chain-smoking
they will have been chain-smoking

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been chain-smoking
you had been chain-smoking
he/she/it had been chain-smoking
we had been chain-smoking
you had been chain-smoking
they had been chain-smoking

Conditional
I would chain-smoke
you would chain-smoke
he/she/it would chain-smoke
we would chain-smoke
you would chain-smoke
they would chain-smoke

Past Conditional
I would have chain-smoked
you would have chain-smoked
he/she/it would have chain-smoked
we would have chain-smoked
you would have chain-smoked
they would have chain-smoked

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Verb

chain-smoke - smoke one cigarette after another; light one cigarette from the preceding one

smoke - inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes; "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?"

Translations

chain-smoke

[ˈtʃeɪnˌsməʊk] VI → fumar un pitillo tras otro

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chain-smoke

[ˈtʃeɪnˌsməʊk] vi → fumare una sigaretta dopo l'altra