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

Derived Forms

• chain smoker, noun

Other Words From

• chain smoker chain-smoker noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of chain-smoke¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

The kind of place where lines of long-haul coach buses idle in the parking lot while the drivers cat-nap or chain-smoke.

From The Daily Beast

They carry their baguettes, down their wine, and chain-smoke their cigarettes, yet they don't seem to ever put on a pound.

From The Daily Beast

Dice cracks a window so he can chain-smoke Marlboro Lights, using a glass of water as an ashtray.

From The Daily Beast