smoker
A person who often smokes cigarettes, cigars, or other things that burn and make smoke.
A person who regularly smokes cigarettes, cigars, or other tobacco products, or inhales smoke from similar substances.
A special grill or box where food is cooked slowly in smoke to give it a strong, smoky taste.
A cooking appliance or chamber that uses low heat and smoke from burning wood, charcoal, or pellets to cook and flavor food over a long period.
A small tool that makes smoke, used by beekeepers to make bees calm when they open the hive.
A handheld device used by beekeepers that generates cool smoke, which is puffed into a hive to calm bees while the hive is opened or worked on.
A small, informal boxing show in a gym where people have fights mainly for practice.
An informal boxing or combat-sports event, often held in a gym, featuring a series of unsanctioned or exhibition matches, usually for practice or entertainment.
An old word for a special room or part of a train where passengers could smoke.
A passenger compartment, especially on an older train or ship, that was designated for people who wished to smoke.
- Base: smoker
- Plural: smokers
chain smoker
1person who smokes continuously
Someone who smokes one cigarette after another without many breaks.
- He became a chain smoker during his stressful years at university.
- The character in the movie is a nervous chain smoker who always has a cigarette in his hand.
cigar smoker
1person who smokes cigars
Someone who smokes cigars.
- He is an occasional cigar smoker who enjoys one on special occasions.
- Cigar smokers often say they do not inhale the smoke.
cigarette smoker
1person who smokes cigarettes
Someone who smokes cigarettes (not cigars or a pipe).
- Most of the patients in the study were cigarette smokers.
- The law is aimed mainly at young cigarette smokers.
ex-smoker
1person who used to smoke
Someone who smoked in the past but does not smoke now.
- As an ex-smoker, he understands how hard it is to quit.
- Her doctor was pleased to hear she is now an ex-smoker.
heavy smoker
1person who smokes a lot
Someone who smokes many cigarettes every day.
- He used to be a heavy smoker, but he quit last year.
- Heavy smokers have a much higher risk of lung disease.
- The doctor warned her that being a heavy smoker was damaging her heart.
light smoker
1person who smokes a little
Someone who smokes, but only a small number of cigarettes each day.
- She's a light smoker who only has a cigarette on weekends.
- Even light smokers can harm their health over time.
non-smoker
1person who does not smoke
Someone who does not smoke at all.
- All our hotel rooms are for non-smokers.
- As a non-smoker, she hates the smell of cigarettes on clothes.
passive smoker
1person breathing others' smoke
A person who does not smoke but has to breathe in other people's cigarette smoke.
- Children of smokers are often passive smokers at home.
- The study showed health risks for passive smokers in bars and restaurants.
pipe smoker
1person who smokes a pipe
Someone who smokes tobacco using a pipe.
- The old professor was a lifelong pipe smoker.
- Pipe smokers often enjoy the smell of different tobacco blends.
smoker's cough
1persistent cough from smoking
A long-lasting cough that many people get after smoking for many years.
- His deep smoker's cough worried the doctor.
- She finally quit when her smoker's cough became embarrassing at work.
social smoker
1person who smokes only socially
Someone who usually smokes only at parties, bars, or when with friends, not every day alone.
- He describes himself as a social smoker and only lights up at parties.
- Many social smokers do not think of themselves as addicted.