vape

[ veyp ]

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.

verb (used with or without object),vaped, vap·ing.
  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.

Origin of vape

1
Coined in 1979 by U.S. entrepreneur Brenda Coffee, physician Norman Jacobson, and inventor Jon Philip Ray; shortened from vapor or vaporize

Other words from vape

  • vap·er, noun

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