vape

American  

[veyp] / veɪp /

noun

1. an e-cigarette for the delivery of nicotine in a vapor, or a similar device for inhaling cannabis, LSD, and certain other easily vaporized drugs; a vape pen.

2. an act or period of vaping.

   It took a few vapes to get used to it.

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verb (used with or without object)

vaped, vaping

1. to draw in and exhale the vapor from (the substance in an e-cigarette or similar device).

   In many places you are allowed to smoke or vape medical cannabis anywhere in public.

   Fully charged, the device allows you to vape all day.

Other Word Forms

• vaper noun

Etymology

Origin of vape

Coined in 1979 by U.S. entrepreneur Brenda Coffee, physician Norman Jacobson, and inventor Jon Philip Ray; shortened from vapor ( def. ) or vaporize ( def. )

Example Sentences

Under its Pride in Place programme, the government also wants to encourage councils to block "fake" barbers and betting and vape shops - as well as giving communities more help to save pubs and libraries from closure.

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And on Thursday the prime minister is due to announce measures to give communities more power to "seize boarded shops" and "block gambling and vape shops on their High Street".

From BBC

But Marcus Sexton, chairman of the Independent British Vape Trade Association, argues that the ban has been a success.

From BBC

The BBC understands that signs will be placed throughout Changi Airport that will remind arriving visitors of the vaping ban, along with vape disposal bins so that users can get rid of their devices without facing penalties.

From BBC

The latest Generation Vape survey found that 85.4% of young people - from a pool of about 3,000 children aged between 14 to 17 - had never vaped.

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