smoke-signal

verb

To use smoke signals.

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Meanings

nounsmoke-signal (plural smoke-signals)

plural smoke-signals

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of smoke signal.
verbsmoke-signal (third-person singular simple present smoke-signals, present participle smoke-signalling, simple past and past participle smoke-signalled)

present singular third person smoke-signals · participle present smoke-signalling · participle past smoke-signalled · past smoke-signalled

  1. To use smoke signals.
  2. To inform or indicate by smoke signal.

    ‘His approach was smoke-signalled, the leper collected his mates and they took to the rocks, camping in caves up in the heads of gorges.’

    1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 261
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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