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Etymology

From Middle English smokynge, smokiende, from Old English smociende (“smoking”), from Proto-Germanic *smukōndz (“emitting smoke, smoking”), equivalent to smoke + -ing.

inherited from *smukōndz✻ — “emitting smoke, smoking”
inherited from smociende — “smoking”
inherited from smokynge

Definitions

present participle and gerund of smoke
Giving off smoke.
3
Sexually attractive, usually referring to a woman.
- That woman is smoking!
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1. 4
  Showing great skill or talent.
  - The band put on a smoking performance.
2. The act or process of emitting smoke.
3. The burning and inhalation of any drug, including tobacco, cannabis, cocaine, and others.
4. The act of exposing (something) to smoke
  The act of exposing (something) to smoke; (by extension) the process by which foods are cured or flavored by smoke.
5. A bantering
  A bantering; teasing; mockery.

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Derived

anti-smoking, cold smoking, non-smoking, nonsmoking, secondary smoking, smoking bishop, smoking cap, smoking ceremony, smoking gun, smoking hot, smokingly, smoking stool syndrome, unsmoking, antismoking, chain-smoking, no smoking, pipesmoking, presmoking, smexting, smoking car, smoking carriage, smoking compartment, smoking jacket, smoking room, what are you smoking

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at smoking. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at smoking. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at smoking

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.