"vape" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /veɪp/ [UK] Forms: vapes [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪp Etymology: A shortening of vaporizer. Etymology templates: {{m|en|vaporizer}} vaporizer Head templates: {{en-noun}} vape (plural vapes)
  1. Clipping of vaporizer (“device in electronic cigarettes”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: vaporizer (extra: device in electronic cigarettes) Derived forms: vape pen
    Sense id: en-vape-en-noun-HLWd8MRE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /veɪp/ [UK] Forms: vapes [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪp Etymology: A shortening of vaporize. Etymology templates: {{m|en|vaporize}} vaporize Head templates: {{en-noun}} vape (plural vapes)
  1. The smoking of a non-combustible cigarette, most commonly an electronic cigarette. Related terms: Citations:vaping
    Sense id: en-vape-en-noun-wbrzjD2s
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /veɪp/ [UK] Forms: vapes [present, singular, third-person], vaping [participle, present], vaped [participle, past], vaped [past]
Rhymes: -eɪp Etymology: A shortening of vaporize. Etymology templates: {{m|en|vaporize}} vaporize Head templates: {{en-verb}} 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. Tags: intransitive Derived forms: vaper, vapist Translations (to inhale the vapor produced by a non-combustible cigarette): dampen (Dutch), vapen (Dutch), höyrytellä (Finnish), vapettaa [slang] (Finnish), vapoter (French), dampfen (German), vapen (German), ατμίζω (atmízo) (Greek), svapare (Italian), пу́ри (púri) (Macedonian), momerehu (Maori), mome haurehu (Maori), па́рить (páritʹ) (Russian), vapear (Spanish), vaporear (Spanish), vejpa (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-vape-en-verb-qaf8pY89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to inhale the vapor produced by a non-combustible cigarette",
      "word": "vejpa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vape"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪp",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪp/1 syllable"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "vaporize"
      },
      "expansion": "vaporize",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "A shortening of vaporize.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vapes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "vape (plural vapes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Citations:vaping"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2017, Douglas Board, Time of Lies",
          "text": "Zack was standing outside the podium of the Shard having a vape when Terence dropped her and Patrick off at 8.20pm.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The smoking of a non-combustible cigarette, most commonly an electronic cigarette."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "electronic cigarette",
          "electronic cigarette"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/veɪp/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪp"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vape"
}

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