Meanings
verbchain-smoke (third-person singular simple present chain-smokes, present participle chain-smoking, simple past and past participle chain-smoked)
present singular third person chain-smokes · participle present chain-smoking · participle past chain-smoked · past chain-smoked · alternative chain smoke · alternative chainsmoke
- intransitiveTo smoke cigarettes by continuously lighting one from the glowing end of the previous one.
- intransitiveTo smoke tobacco cigarettes frequently.
- transitiveTo smoke by continuously lighting one from another.
The two of them chain-smoked a dime bag's worth of marijuana.
Translations
Danish kæderyge
- kæderygeto smoke cigarettes frequently
Finnish polttaa usein, polttaa ketjussa
- polttaa useinto smoke cigarettes frequently
- polttaa ketjussato smoke cigarettes frequently
French fumer à la chaîne
- fumer à la chaîneto smoke cigarettes frequently
Hebrew עִשֵּׁן בְּשַׁרְשֶׁרֶת
- עִשֵּׁן בְּשַׁרְשֶׁרֶתto smoke cigarettes frequently
Polish palić w ciągu
- palić w ciąguto smoke cigarettes frequently
Romanian fuma țigară după țigară
- fuma țigară după țigarăto smoke cigarettes frequently
Russian непрерывно курить
- непрерывно курить (nepreryvno kuritʹ)to smoke cigarettes frequently
Spanish fumar compulsivamente
- fumar compulsivamenteto smoke cigarettes frequently
Swedish kedjeröka
- kedjerökato smoke cigarettes frequently
Cite this entry
APA
chain-smoke. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chain-smoke
MLA
“chain-smoke.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chain-smoke. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chain-smoke,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chain-smoke.
Source: chain-smoke on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.