1 B1 neutral
To fill a place with smoke.
"The faulty engine smoked up the garage within seconds of starting."
separable
smoke up
B2 informal separable transitive/intransitive
To fill a place with smoke, or (informal) to smoke marijuana.
In plain English
To make a place full of smoke, or to smoke cannabis.
What does "smoke up" mean?
3 meanings, ordered from most common to least. Color-coded by CEFR level.
2 B2 idiomatic slang
(Slang) To smoke marijuana.
"They went out to the car to smoke up before the concert."
inseparable
3 C1 idiomatic slang
(Slang) To provide someone with marijuana to smoke.
"He offered to smoke everyone up if they brought snacks."
separable
Literal vs figurative
Words literally mean
To fill (up) a space with smoke.
Actually means
To make a place full of smoke, or to smoke cannabis.
Usage tip
The marijuana sense is slang, primarily North American, and dates from at least the 1970s. The literal sense (filling a space with smoke) is also common. In the drug sense, it can be used transitively ('smoke someone up' = to supply them with marijuana to smoke) or intransitively.
Words that pair with "smoke up"
Natural word combinations native speakers use most often.
room kitchen joint weed place house
How to conjugate "smoke up"
The five tense forms you'll use most often.
Base
smoke up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
smokes up
he/she/it
Past simple
smoked up
yesterday
Past participle
smoked up
have + pp
-ing form
smoking up
continuous
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