Meaning

4 senses

  1. A method of long-distance communication sometimes used in ancient and undeveloped societies, consisting of messages conveyed by means of columns or intermittent puffs of smoke.

    Rauchzeichen

    дымово́й сигна́лdymovój signál

    димови́й сигна́лdymovýj syhnál

  2. A message or sign sent by this method.

  3. (idiomatic)An indirect message or indication, especially concerning a future event.

  4. A type of flare or combustion device sometimes used as a distress signal.

    Rauchsignal

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Back then, people communicated using smoke signals.

    deIn der Anfangszeit kommunizierten die Menschen über Rauchzeichen. — Wolf

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  2. Oleg saw the smoke signals of the Indians.

    Amastan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. I saw your smoke signals. Are you in distress?

    Amastan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

4 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
ancient method of communication:
Русский
By meaning 1
ancient method of communication:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
ancient method of communication:
distress signal:

Forms

plural: smoke signals

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
smogsmokeA1smokelesssmokerB1smokingA1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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