smoke out

present singular third person smokes out · participle present smoking out · participle past smoked out · past smoked out

1. transitiveTo drive out (something or somebody) using smoke.

   We smoked the critters out of their hole.

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   In the Tyrol, on May Day, it was the custom to smoke out witches by burning bundles of black and red spotted hemlock.

   1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 113

2. broadlyfigurativelyidiomatictransitiveTo expose (something or somebody).

   The culprit will be smoked out by the end of the day.

3. slangtransitiveTo offer to smoke cannabis with someone; to smoke cannabis with someone.

   I didn't have any weed, so Joe smoked me out with his stash.

4. slangTo smoke too much (usually cannabis); to become too stoned.

   He was smoked out and really needed to take a break.

5. passiveslangusuallyTo run out of tobacco or cannabis; to be emptied of tobacco or cannabis.

   We passed the bong around until it was smoked out.