chain-smoke

[cheyn-smohk]

verb (used with or without object)

chain-smoked, chain-smoking 

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

chain-smoke

verb

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

Other Word Forms

• chain smoker noun
• chain-smoker noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of chain-smoke¹

First recorded in 1930–35