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chain-smoke
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chain-smoke (chnsmk)
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.

chain-smoke
vb
to smoke (cigarettes, etc.) continually, esp lighting one from the preceding one
chain smoker  n
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Verb1.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] VIfumar un pitillo tras otro
chain-smoke [ˈtʃeɪnˌsməʊk] vifumare una sigaretta dopo l'altra
chain-smoke [ˈtʃeɪnˌsməʊk] vifumare una sigaretta dopo l'altra


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