chain-smoking
present participle ofchain-smoke
chain-smoke
verb[I]
uk/ˈtʃeɪn.sməʊk/us/ˈtʃeɪn.smoʊk/tosmokecigarettesone after another:
Joan's under a lot ofpressurethesedays- she's been chain-smokingeversince herdivorce.
Tobacco & smoking
- anti-tobacco
- big tobacco
- bong
- briar
- chain-smoker
- cigarette
- cigarette butt
- cigarette holder
- fag
- filter tip
- nicotine patch
- passive smoking
- puffer
- roll up!idiom
- roll-your-own
- second-hand smoke
- shisha
- smokeless
- tobacco
- weed
Examplesofchain-smoking
chain-smoking
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
We might also expect to hear it issuing from the bluish lips of an inebriated,chain-smokingexistentialist.
From theCambridge English Corpus
For instance, it dealsinter aliawith the undesirability of showing childrenchain-smoking.
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I have some wonderful memories of her—not least of herchain-smokingin the corridors of power, an odd thing for someone so totally committed to healthcare.
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There is a lot to be said aboutchain-smoking; but it does not fall, in the view of most people, ordinarily within the category of violence.
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He is a hard-cursing,chain-smokingmisanthrope who formerly worked on a children's television programme.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He is described as a thin,chain-smokingman, and a chronic worrier.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He is a hard-drinking,chain-smokingexecutive with a shadowy past who has achieved success in advertising.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Achain-smokingperfectionist, she cared about backstory and attractive features.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.At home, he wanders around in an exquisite silk dressing-gown,chain-smoking.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As he drank more heavily and startedchain-smoking, his friends began to worry.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Her piety is a cover up for her romantic love for thechain-smokingchaplain.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He always looked the same, old and decrepit, alwayschain-smoking...
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She dreams that she grows up to become achain-smoking, thrice-divorced, casino-hopper.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He eventually fell back tochain-smoking, a theme that would figure heavily in his performances from then on.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Kevin himself is a 14-year-old,chain-smoking, alcoholic, cough syrup addicted, sociopathic juvenile delinquent.
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- flip chart
- flip-chart
- flip-flop
- flip-flop
- flip-flopped
- flip-flopped
- flip-flopping
- flip-flopping
- flip/give sb the bird
- flip-give-sb-the-bird
- flip/give someone the bird
- flip-give-the-bird
- flip-lid
- flip-off
- flip out
- flip-out
- flippancy
- flippant
- flippantly
- flipped
- flipped classroom
- flipped-classroom
- flipper
- flippest
- flipping