Wiktionary

vape

See also: vapë

English edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

A shortening of vaporizer.

Noun edit

vape (plural vapes)

  1. 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?’
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Etymology 2 edit

A shortening of vaporize.

Verb edit

vape (third-person singular simple present vapes, present participle vaping, simple past and past participle vaped)

  1. (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?" [1], 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" [2], 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!" [3], 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[4]:
      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.
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Descendants edit
  • ⇒ Spanish: vapear
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Noun edit

vape (plural vapes)

  1. 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.
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Noun edit

vape f (plural vapes)

  1. haze; mist
  2. vape (act of vaping)

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Verb edit

vape

  1. inflection of vaper:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading edit

Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

From English vape, short for vaporizer.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛp]
  • Hyphenation: va‧pé

Noun edit

vape (first-person possessive vapeku, second-person possessive vapemu, third-person possessive vapenya)

  1. 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.

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