vape
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See also: vapë
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
A shortening of vaporizer.
Noun
vape (plural vapes)
- Clipping of vaporizer (“device in electronic cigarettes”).
- I won't buy a vape anytime soon because one may cost up to $20.
- 2022, Candice Carty-Williams, People Person, Trapeze, page 152:
- ‘So you do actually want to be’ – Prynce took a drag on his vape, a slim black thing that looked no different in size and shape to a tube of liquid eyeliner – ‘an influencer?’
Derived terms
Etymology 2
A shortening of vaporize.
Verb
vape (third-person singular simple present vapes, present participle vaping, simple past and past participle vaped)
- (intransitive) To inhale the vapor produced by a non-combustible cigarette, most commonly an electronic cigarette.
- 2007 December 18, SmokeyJoe, "Well it's not smoking....So what is it?" , e-cigarette-forum:
- "E-smoking" is a bit of a handful, "Misting" sounds far too fey, "Vaporizing" or "Vaping" has drug connotations. There must be a better word for my new hobby! Suggestions?
- 2008 March 2, marian00, "Re: NJOY International" , e-cigarette-forum:
- I have received both my Sedansa and Njoy ciggies. ... They vape about the same. I can drip in both cigs, whether into the atomizer or into the filter. ... The e-cig minicig from .......... sucks -- and I don't mean literally. I can't get anything out of them. I don't like their pipe either. It vapes plenty; you just can't inhale and exhale much of anything.
- 2008 April 24, TropicalBob, "Re: Now that's smoking!" , e-cigarette-forum:
- "Vaping" is just a fancy way to avoid the term "smoking", since smoking is illegal everywhere and these things don't burn anything and don't produce second-hand smoke.
- 2015 January 18, Sally Satel, “Will the F.D.A. kill off e-cigs? [print version: International New York Times, 20 January 2015, p. 6]”, in The New York Times:
- Electronic cigarettes, battery-powered devices that convert a solution of nicotine and other chemicals into a vapor that can be inhaled, or "vaped," have the potential to wean a vast number of smokers off cigarettes. […] The problem is, not enough smokers are switching to e-cigarettes, despite their relative safety – and understandably so. Smokers are barraged with news about inaccurate labeling, shoddy counterfeits and poorly made e-cigarettes that emit toxins and cancer-causing chemicals in vapor. […] [T]he F.D.A. should allow companies to tell smokers about the benefits of switching to vaping products.
- 2007 December 18, SmokeyJoe, "Well it's not smoking....So what is it?" , e-cigarette-forum:
Derived terms
Descendants
- ⇒ Spanish: vapear
Translations
to inhale the vapor produced by a non-combustible cigarette
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Noun
vape (plural vapes)
- The smoking of a non-combustible cigarette, most commonly an electronic cigarette.
- 2017, Douglas Board, Time of Lies:
- Zack was standing outside the podium of the Shard having a vape when Terence dropped her and Patrick off at 8.20pm.
See also
Anagrams
Noun
vape f (plural vapes)
Derived terms
Verb
vape
- inflection of vaper:
Further reading
- “vape”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
vape (first-person possessive vapeku, second-person possessive vapemu, third-person possessive vapenya)
- vape: the smoking of a non-combustible cigarette, most commonly an electronic cigarette.
- Aku tidak tertarik untuk membeli vape.
- I'm not interested in buying a vape.
Further reading
- “vape” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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