Chain-smoke

Alternative forms

• chain smoke, chainsmoke

Full definition of chain-smoke

Verb

1. (intransitive) To smoke cigarettes by continuously lighting one from the glowing end of the previous one.
2. (intransitive) To smoke tobacco cigarettes frequently.
3. (transitive) To smoke by continuously lighting one from another.The two of them chain-smoked a dime bag's worth of marijuana.

Derived terms

• chain-smoker