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smoke out

Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples

Pronunciation: US /ˌsmoʊk ˈaʊt/ · UK /ˌsməʊk ˈaʊt/

smoke out means: To find and reveal someone or something that has been hidden.

verb

UNCOVERC1

To find and reveal someone or something that has been hidden.

  • We must smoke out the thief.
  • The investigation smoked out several dishonest officials.
  • Her questions helped smoke out the truth.

Similar words: uncover, expose, reveal

Common phrases: smoke out a spy, smoke out the truth

DRIVE WITH SMOKEC1

To force a person or animal to leave a place by filling it with smoke.

  • They smoked out the bees.
  • The hunters smoked the animals out of their hiding place.
  • Smoke from the fire smoked us out of the cabin.

How to use it: smoke someone/something out of somewhere (They smoked the bees out of the shed.)

Similar words: drive out

Common phrases: smoke out bees, smoke someone out

SHARE CANNABISC2

To share your cannabis with someone and smoke it together.

  • She smoked me out after dinner.
  • He usually smokes out friends who have no weed.
  • Will you smoke us out tonight?

How to use it: smoke someone out (He offered to smoke his friends out.)

Similar words: share cannabis

Common phrases: smoke someone out, smoke out friends

SMOKE EXCESSIVELYC2

To smoke so much cannabis that its effects become very strong.

  • He was completely smoked out.
  • They got smoked out and fell asleep on the sofa.
  • I felt smoked out after that strong joint.

Similar words: get too high

Common phrases: be smoked out, get smoked out

FINISH SMOKING SUPPLYC2

To use up all the tobacco or cannabis available by smoking it.

  • The bong was smoked out.
  • By midnight, we were smoked out and had nothing left.
  • They passed the pipe around until it was smoked out.

Similar words: use up

Common phrases: be smoked out, smoke out a pipe

Questions about smoke out

What does smoke out mean?

To find and reveal someone or something that has been hidden.

What is smoke out in other languages?

Türkçe: ortaya çıkarmak · Español: descubrir · Français: débusquer · Deutsch: aufdecken · Italiano: stanare · 日本語: あぶり出す

How do you pronounce smoke out?

In American English /ˌsmoʊk ˈaʊt/; in British English /ˌsməʊk ˈaʊt/.

How do you use smoke out in a sentence?

We must smoke out the thief. The investigation smoked out several dishonest officials.

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