verb (used without object), verb (used with object), chain-smoked, chain-smoking.
1.
to smoke continually, as by lighting one cigarette, cigar, etc., from the preceding one.
Origin
1930-35
Related forms
chain smoker, chain-smoker, noun
British Dictionary definitions for chain smoker
chain-smoke
verb
1.
to smoke (cigarettes, etc) continually, esp lighting one from the preceding one
Derived Forms
chain smoker, noun
Slang definitions & phrases for chain smoker
chain-smoke
verb
To smoke cigarette after cigarette, lighting the next one from the current one (1900s+)
Idioms and Phrases with chain smoker
chain smoker
One who smokes continually by lighting a new cigarette from the one being finished, as in Before they forbade smoking, bridge tournaments often attracted players who are chain smokers. [ c. 1930 ]