# smoker

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsmoʊkɚ/ · frequency rank #17,960

## Definitions
1. A person who smokes tobacco habitually.
2. A smoking car on a train.
3. An informal social gathering for men only, at which smoking tobacco is allowed.
4. A social event featuring sketches, songs, etc., whether or not smoking is carried out.
5. A vent in the deep ocean floor from which a plume of superheated seawater, rich in minerals, erupts.
6. An illicit boxing match; see Wikipedia:Battle Royal (boxing).
7. A device that releases smoke intended to distract bees; a bee smoker.
8. A person or an apparatus that smokes food.
9. A two-stroke engine.
10. Any vehicle with a two-stroke engine, especially a motorcycle, as opposed to a four-stroke motorcycle or stroker.
11. A fastball.
12. Synonym of stag film.
13. A tobacco pipe that produces smoke well when used.

## Etymology
From smoke + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **spoke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoker-vs-spoke)
- **sober** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoker-vs-sober)
- **stoke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoker-vs-stoke)
- **smoky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoker-vs-smoky)
- **spoken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoker-vs-spoken)
- **sooner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoker-vs-sooner)
- **sucker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoker-vs-sucker)
- **stokes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoker-vs-stokes)
- **smokes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoker-vs-smokes)
- **stoked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoker-vs-stoked)
- **stoner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoker-vs-stoner)
- **smokey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoker-vs-smokey)
- **stoker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoker-vs-stoker)
- **stover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoker-vs-stover)
- **snooker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoker-vs-snooker)
- **smother** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoker-vs-smother)
- **smoke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoke-vs-smoker)
- **shower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shower-vs-smoker)
- **slower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slower-vs-smoker)
- **smoked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoked-vs-smoker)

## Common misspellings (9)
`msoker`, `smkoer`, `smmoker`, `smoekr`, `smokerr`, `smokker`, `smokre`, `somker`, `ssmoker`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/smoker