chain-smoking

adjective

Of or pertaining someone who chain-smokes.

Meanings

adjective
  1. Of or pertaining someone who chain-smokes.
nounchain-smoking (countable and uncountable, plural chain-smokings)

plural chain-smokings · alternative chainsmoking · alternative chain smoking

  1. countableuncountableThe act or habit of smoking cigarettes continuously or frequently.
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of chain-smoke
Cite this entry
APA

chain-smoking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chain-smoking

MLA

“chain-smoking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chain-smoking. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chain-smoking,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chain-smoking.

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