vape

vape

See also: vapë

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /veɪp/
• Rhymes: -eɪp

Etymology 1

A shortening of vaporizer.

Noun

vape (plural vapes)

1. Clipping of vaporizer.

Etymology 2

A shortening of vaporize.

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.
   • 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.

Derived terms

• vaper
• vapist

Translations

to inhale the vapor produced by a non-combustible cigarette

Finnish: höyrytellä; vapettaa (fi) (slang) French: vapoter (fr) German: dampfen (de), vapen Greek: ατμίζω (el) (atmízo) Italian: svapare (it) Macedonian: пу́ри (púri) Spanish: vapear, vaporear (es) Swedish: vejpa (sv)

Noun

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.

See also

• Citations:vaping

Anagrams

• EVAP, pave, pavé

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French

Noun

vape f (plural vapes)

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

Derived terms

• tomber dans les vapes

Verb

vape

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

Further reading

• “vape”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Indonesian

Etymology

From English vape, short for vaporizer.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

vapé (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.

Further reading

• “vape” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.