chain-smoked

Lit cigarette after cigarette

Chain-smoked is the past tense of chain-smoke, meaning to smoke cigarettes one after another without pause, lighting each new one from the last: She chain-smoked through the entire interview.

The image is of an unbroken chain of cigarettes.

physical

cigarettes

Paper-wrapped tobacco for smoking

  • tobaccoDried smoking leaf
  • fumesAirborne chemical irritants
  • tarFile bundling utility

ashtray · lighter · filter · pack · embers · butt · ash · matches · carton · menthol

continuous

puffing

Labored breathing, short bursts

drag · back-to-back · relentless · uninterrupted · nonstop · successive · constant · pack-a-day · habitual · repetitive

addiction

nicotine

Addictive tobacco alkaloid

compulsion · hooked · relapse · cessation · recovery · patch · gum · rehabilitation · therapy · inhaler

health

emphysema

Damaged lung air sacs

respiratory · carcinogen

Opposites
engagement with smoking behavior

chain-smokedabstained

Voluntarily held back

quit smoking · kicked the habit

Family

chain, smoke, smoked, chains, chained, chaining, chainless, smokes, smoking

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG