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Definition of chain-smoke verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

chain-smoke

verb

[intransitive, transitive] chain-smoke (something)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they chain-smoke

he / she / it chain-smokes

past simple chain-smoked

-ing form chain-smoking

to smoke cigarettes continuously, lighting the next one from the one you have just smoked

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chain-smoker

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