chain-smokeverb [ I ]
uk/ˈtʃeɪn.sməʊk/us/ˈtʃeɪn.smoʊk/to smoke cigarettes one after another:
Joan's under a lot of pressure these days - she's been chain-smoking ever since her divorce.
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Tobacco & smoking
- baccy
- butt
- cheroot
- cig
- cigarette butt
- cigarette paper
- e-cigarette
- light (sth) up
- nicotine
- nicotine patch
- non-smoker
- non-smoking
- pipe
- roll-your-own
- second-hand smoke
- smoke
- smoker
- smoking
- stub
- tobacconist
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chain-smoker
noun [ C ] uk/ˈtʃeɪn.sməʊ.kər/us/ˈtʃeɪn.smoʊ.kɚ/