chain smoker

chain smok·er

C c

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [cheyn smoh-ker]
- /tʃeɪn ˈsmoʊ kər/
- /tʃeɪn ˈsməʊ.kər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [cheyn smoh-ker]
- /tʃeɪn ˈsmoʊ kər/

Definitions of chain smoker words

noun chain smoker person: smokes heavily 1
noun chain smoker person: lights cigarette with previous 1
noun chain smoker One who smokes continuously, by lighting one cigarette when they finish another, as in a chain. 0
noun chain smoker One who habitually smokes a lot. 0

See all 4 definitions of chain smoker

Information block about the term

Origin of chain smoker

First appearance:

before 1930

One of the 10% newest English words

First recorded in 1930-35

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Chain smoker

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Chain smoker

chain smoker popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 68% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

chain smoker usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer