chain-smoke

[ cheyn-smohk ]
/ ˈtʃeɪnˌsmoʊk /

verb (used with or without object), chain-smoked, chain-smoking.

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

Origin of chain-smoke

First recorded in 1930–35

OTHER WORDS FROM chain-smoke

chain smoker, chain-smok·er, noun

Words nearby chain-smoke

chain-link, chain-link fence, chain-react, chain-reacting pile, chain-saw, chain-smoke, chainage, chainbelt, chained lady, chainfall, chainman

British Dictionary definitions for chain smoker

chain-smoke

verb

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

Derived forms of chain-smoke

chain smoker, noun

Idioms and Phrases with chain smoker

chain smoker

One who smokes continually by lighting a new cigarette from the one being finished, as in Before they forbade smoking, bridge tournaments often attracted players who are chain smokers. [c. 1930]