Meaning

2 senses
  1. One who smokes continuously, by lighting one cigarette when they finish another, as in a chain.

    Kettenraucher

  2. One who habitually smokes excessively.

    Kettenraucher

    зая́длый кури́льщикzajádlyj kurílʹščik

Examples

9 sentences
  1. I'm a chain smoker.

    Я завзятий курець. — deniko

    ruЯ заядлый курильщик. — odexed

    deIch bin Kettenraucher. — Waldelfe

  2. Tom used to be a chain smoker.

  3. I know Tom used to be a chain smoker.

  4. I know that Tom used to be a chain smoker.

  5. Tom is a chain smoker.

    ruТом - заядлый курильщик. — nin

    deTom ist ein Kettenraucher. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
one who habitually smokes a lot:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one who smokes continuously:

Origin

From chain + smoker, calque of German Kettenraucher.

From chain + smoker, calque of German Kettenraucher.

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Forms

plural: chain smokers

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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