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Smoke
Smoke is an aerosol released by combustion or thermal decomposition, consisting of gases, vapors, and suspended particles such as soot, with particles mostly under 1 µm across.
Smoke (2018 TV series)
Smoke is a 2018 Hindi-language crime drama web series, an Eros Now original directed by Neel Guha, set in Goa's drug trade and starring Jim Sarbh and Kalki Koechlin.
Smoke (TV series)
Smoke is a 2025 Apple TV+ nine-episode crime drama created by Dennis Lehane, starring Taron Egerton and Jurnee Smollett as investigators hunting two serial arsonists, loosely based on the Firebug podcast and the John Orr arson case.
Smoke + Mirrors
Smoke + Mirrors is Imagine Dragons' second studio album (2015), self-produced with Alex da Kid on KIDinaKORNER/Interscope. Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, their first US and Canada No. 1; certified 2x Platinum; includes "I Bet My Life".
Smoke detector
A smoke detector, or smoke alarm, is a device that senses airborne smoke and sounds an alarm, giving occupants time to escape a fire. Home alarms use ionization or photoelectric detection.
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: Kern-Harbach ballad from the 1933 Broadway musical Roberta, lyric built on a Russian proverb; the Platters' 1958 Paris recording hit number one in the US and UK.
Smoke on the Water
Smoke on the Water is Deep Purple's 1972 Machine Head song about the 4 December 1971 Montreux Casino fire during a Frank Zappa concert; its fourths-harmonized G minor riff is the classic beginner guitar riff, and Blackmore rejoined the band to play it in 2026.
Smoke point
The smoke point, also called the burning point, is the temperature at which a cooking oil or fat begins to emit visible smoke as it thermally degrades.
Smoke screen
A smoke screen, or screening smoke, is artificially generated smoke laid over an area or force to block enemy observation or mark targets and landing zones.
Smoke signal
A smoke signal is a visual communication method in which puffs or columns of smoke convey prearranged messages within line of sight, among the oldest forms of telegraphy.
Smoke Signals (film)
Smoke Signals (1998) is a comedy-drama directed by Chris Eyre and written by Sherman Alexie, the first wide-release feature written, directed, co-produced, and acted by Native Americans, about a road trip to retrieve a father's ashes; it won Sundance awards and joined the National Film Registry in 2018.
Smoke testing (software)
Smoke testing, also called build verification testing, is a fast software test of a build's most critical functions, run before deeper testing so broken builds are rejected early.
Smokebox
The smokebox is the cylindrical chamber at the front of a steam locomotive's boiler, beneath the chimney, where exhaust gases collect before leaving the stack.
Smoked salmon
Smoked salmon is salt-cured salmon exposed to wood smoke: cold-smoked below 32.2°C stays raw-textured, hot-smoked to 62.8°C internal cooks flaky. Related unsmoked cures include gravlax and lox; Nova style is cured then cold-smoked.
Smokedope2016
Smokedope2016 (born 2001) is an American cloud rap and trap rapper from Virginia Beach, Virginia, on the Listen to the Kids label, known for hiding his face, the 2022 Joeyy feature "IM NOT GOD BUT I WISH I WAS", and the trilogy THE COMEUP, THE PEAK, and THE COMEDOWN.
Smokehouse
A smokehouse is a small outbuilding where meat or fish is preserved and flavored by smoke after curing with salt, common on farms until about 1930.
Smokehouse Creek Fire
The Smokehouse Creek Fire was a February 2024 wildfire that burned over 1 million acres in the Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma, the largest on record in Texas.
Smokejumper
Smokejumper: wildland firefighter who parachutes from about 3,000 feet into remote roadless wildfires for initial attack. US program began 1939; first fire jump July 12, 1940; about 450 jumpers at nine USFS and BLM bases.
Smokeless powder
Smokeless powder is a class of nitrocellulose propellants developed in the late 19th century to replace black powder. It is manufactured in forms like flakes or grains.
Smokepurpp
Smokepurpp (Omar Jeffery Pineiro), Miami rapper-producer of the SoundCloud rap era, Lil Pump collaborator, Alamo Records signee, gold single "Audi", albums Deadstar 2 and Florida Jit.
Smokey and the Bandit
Smokey and the Bandit is a 1977 American action comedy directed by Hal Needham, in which a trucker bootlegs 400 cases of Coors beer from Texas to Georgia.
Smokey and the Bandit II
Smokey and the Bandit II is a 1980 American action comedy directed by Hal Needham, the second film in the Smokey and the Bandit series, starring Burt Reynolds and Jackie Gleason.
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983), also released as Smokey and the Bandit III, is the third Universal Pictures film in the series, directed by Dick Lowry, starring Jackie Gleason and Jerry Reed, reshot from the abandoned Smokey Is the Bandit after poor previews, with a Burt Reynolds cameo.
Smokey Bear
Smokey Bear, the U.S. Forest Service wildfire prevention mascot created August 9, 1944 with the Ad Council and NASF; slogan 'Only you can prevent wildfires'; a burned 1950 cub became the living Smokey at the National Zoo.
Smokey Robinson
Smokey Robinson (William Robinson Jr., b. 1940), Detroit-born R&B singer, songwriter, and producer; founder of the Miracles and Motown vice president; wrote "My Girl" and "My Guy"; known for A Quiet Storm, "Cruisin'", and the 1987 Grammy-winning "Just to See Her".
Smokie (band)
Smokie is an English pop-rock band from Bradford, formed in the 1960s, whose run of mid-to-late 1970s hits was led by "Living Next Door to Alice" (1976).
Smokin' Aces
Smokin' Aces is a 2007 American action comedy film written and directed by Joe Carnahan, in which magician Buddy "Aces" Israel takes a mob informant deal and a bounty draws killers to Lake Tahoe.
Smoking
Smoking: inhalation of burning tobacco, mainly via cigarettes; over 7 million deaths yearly, 1.2 billion users, global prevalence down from 33.1% (2000) to 19.5% (2024); distinct from vaping and smokeless tobacco.
Smoking (cooking)
Smoking (cooking) is slow, indirect cooking over wood smoke, done hot or cold (cold about 18-25 °C), that preserves and flavors meat, fish, and cheese while raising PAH and Listeria concerns.
Smoking ban
Smoking ban: laws prohibiting smoking in workplaces, restaurants, bars, and public spaces, grounded in WHO FCTC Article 8. Key facts: secondhand smoke kills over 1 million yearly; bans cut cardiovascular events about 12%; no substantial hospitality economic impact; Maldives has the first generational ban.