different between smoker vs smokes

English

Etymology

From smoke +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?smo?k?/
• Rhymes: -??k?(r)

Noun

smoker (plural smokers)

1. A person who smokes tobacco habitually.
2. A smoking car on a train.
3. (informal, dated) An informal social gathering for men only, at which smoking tobacco is allowed.
   • Strand Magazine

     That evening A Company had a "smoker" in one of the disused huts of Shorncliffe Camp.

4. (informal, dated, Britain, Cambridge University) A social event featuring sketches, songs, etc., whether or not smoking is carried out.
5. A vent in the deep ocean floor from which a plume of superheated seawater, rich in minerals, erupts.
6. (slang) An illicit boxing match; see Wikipedia:Battle Royal (boxing).
7. A device that releases smoke intended to distract bees; a bee smoker.
8. A person or an apparatus that smokes food.
9. (slang) A two-stroke engine.
10. (slang, by extension) Any vehicle with a two-stroke engine, especially a motorcycle, as opposed to a four-stroke motorcycle or stroker.
11. (baseball, informal) A fastball.
12. (slang) Synonym of stag film

Antonyms

• non-smoker

Hyponyms

• smokeress (female, dated, rare)

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• Tobacco smoking on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hydrothermal vent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sm??ks/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /smo?ks/
• Rhymes: -??ks

Noun

smokes

1. plural of smoke

Verb

smokes

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of smoke

Anagrams

• Meskos