The Clue
Blazing speed (5 letter answer)
The Answer
SMOKE
Tags
Notes
The answer SMOKE is common and appears about once every 350 puzzles.
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Definition
SMOKE as a noun:
1. (smoke, fume) = a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
2. (smoke, smoking) = a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion; "the fire produced a tower of black smoke that could be seen for miles"
3. an indication of some hidden activity; "with all that smoke there must be a fire somewhere"
4. something with no concrete substance; "his dreams all turned to smoke"; "it was just smoke and mirrors"
5. (roll of tobacco, smoke) = tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder
6. (pot, grass, green goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane) = street names for marijuana
7. (smoke, smoking) = the act of smoking tobacco or other substances; "he went outside for a smoke"; "smoking stinks"
8. (fastball, heater, smoke, hummer, bullet) = (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke"
SMOKE as a verb:
1. inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes; "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?"
2. (fume, smoke) = emit a cloud of fine particles; "The chimney was fuming"