Smoker
Encyclopedia
Smoker is a noun derived from "smoke
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Smoke
Smoke is a collection of airborne solid and liquid particulates and gases emitted when a material undergoes combustion or pyrolysis, together with the quantity of air that is entrained or otherwise mixed into the mass. It is commonly an unwanted by-product of fires , but may also be used for pest...
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Smoking
Smoking is a practice in which a substance, most commonly tobacco or cannabis, is burned and the smoke is tasted or inhaled. This is primarily practised as a route of administration for recreational drug use, as combustion releases the active substances in drugs such as nicotine and makes them...
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- Someone who smokes tobaccoTobacco smokingTobacco smoking is the practice where tobacco is burned and the resulting smoke is inhaled. The practice may have begun as early as 5000–3000 BCE. Tobacco was introduced to Eurasia in the late 16th century where it followed common trade routes...
or cannabis, cigarette substitutes, or various other drugs - Smoking (cooking), smoker, an apparatus for smoking (cooking technique)
- Bee smokerBee smokerA bee smoker is a device used in beekeeping to calm honey bees. It is designed to generate smoke from the smouldering of various fuels, hence the name.-Action and usage:...
, a tool used in beekeeping - Recruitment process for any of various organizations, including "smoker" (for men's organizations), "tea" (for women's organizations), and "rush" or "rush week" (for university fraternities and sororities)
Surname
- Barbara SmokerBarbara SmokerBarbara Smoker is a British Humanist activist and freethought advocate. She is also former President of the National Secular Society , former Chair of the British Voluntary Euthanasia Society and current Honorary Vice President of the Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association in the United Kingdom.-...
(born 1923), British Humanist activist and freethought advocate - George SmokerGeorge SmokerGeorge Smoker was an English cricketer.Smoker represented Hampshire in two first-class matches in 1885, which was Hampshire's final season with first-class status until the 1895 County Championship...
(1856–1925), English cricketer and footballer - Henry SmokerHenry SmokerHenry George Smoker was an English all-round sportsman, who played football for Southampton and cricket for Hampshire and Cheshire.-Football career:...
(1881–1966), English cricketer and footballer, son of George Smoker - Jeff SmokerJeff SmokerJeff Smoker is an American football quarterback who played for the National Football League's St. Louis Rams from 2004 to 2005. He was also the starting quarterback for the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena Football League.-Michigan State:Jeff Smoker attended Michigan State University...
(born 1981), American football quarterback - Paul SmokerPaul SmokerPaul Alva Smoker is an American jazz trumpeter.Smoker grew up in Davenport, Iowa, and moved to Chicago to play professionally. He worked there in the 1960s, playing with Bobby Christian among others...
(born 1941), American jazz trumpeter
Characters
- Smoker (One Piece), a character from the manga and anime One Piece
- A smoker, or copper-burner, one of the types of allomancer in Brandon Sanderson's fantasy Mistborn series
- Smoker, a special infected in the 2008 game Left 4 DeadLeft 4 DeadLeft 4 Dead is a cooperative first-person shooter video game. It was developed by Turtle Rock Studios, which was purchased by Valve Corporation during development. The game uses Valve's proprietary Source engine, and is available for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and Mac OS X...
- The antagonists in the 1995 film WaterworldWaterworldWaterworld is a 1995 post-apocalyptic science fiction film. The film was directed by Kevin Reynolds and co-written by Peter Rader and David Twohy. It is based on Rader's original 1986 screenplay and stars Kevin Costner, who also produced it. It was distributed by Universal Pictures...
Other uses
- Smokers (Footlights), performances by Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club, typically late-night shows presenting a collection of sketches and comedy songs
- The SmokersThe Smokers-Plot:Three rebellious teenage girls decide to even the score in the battle of the sexes. Looking back a few years after the events depicted, Jefferson Roth tells the story of the last few months of her senior year at a Wisconsin boarding school when she and two girl friends, the naive Lisa and the...
, a 2000 film directed and written by Kat Slater - Black smoker, a type of hydrothermal vent
- White smoker, a type of hydrothermal vent
- Smoker Parrot, colloquial name for the Regent Parrot
- "The Smoker," a short story by David SchicklerDavid SchicklerDavid Schickler is an American author who has published two books, Kissing in Manhattan and Sweet and Vicious...