vaped; vaping
: to inhale vapor through the mouth from a usually battery-operated electronic device (such as an electronic cigarette) that heats up and vaporizes a liquid or solid
This electronic cigarette … contains a small reservoir of liquid nicotine solution that is vaporized to form an aerosol mist. The user "vapes," or puffs on the vapor, to get a hit of the addictive nicotine …—
John Tierney
John TierneyWhen a person tokes, eats or vapes cannabis, a wave of THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, washes into the brain.—Laura Sanders
Laura Sanders
vaper
noun
The problem is that little is known about the precise dangers of being in the same space as a vaper indulging their e-habit.
—Amber Dance
Amber Dance
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Dale Gribble is vaping while wearing a virtual reality headset.
—Michileen Martin, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Robby Hoffman and Andy Samberg vaped on Everybody’s Live this week, but cigs will always outrank a vape.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 9 May 2025
In what could be the first of its kind in the nation, a ban against selling vaping devices disguised as pens or other devices was unanimously approved by the City Council on Tuesday.
—Gqlshare, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
Any level of marijuana use may raise the risk of stroke by 42% and heart attack by 25%, even if there is no prior history of heart disease and the person has never smoked or vaped tobacco.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 5 May 2025
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Michileen Martin, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Robby Hoffman and Andy Samberg vaped on Everybody’s Live this week, but cigs will always outrank a vape.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 9 May 2025
In what could be the first of its kind in the nation, a ban against selling vaping devices disguised as pens or other devices was unanimously approved by the City Council on Tuesday.
—Gqlshare, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
Any level of marijuana use may raise the risk of stroke by 42% and heart attack by 25%, even if there is no prior history of heart disease and the person has never smoked or vaped tobacco.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 5 May 2025
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“Vape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vape. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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vape
verb
: to inhale vapor through the mouth from a usually battery-operated electronic device that heats up and vaporizes a liquid or solid
Medical Definition
vape
verb
vaped; vaping
: to inhale and exhale vapor from an electronic cigarette or similar device like someone smoking a conventional cigarette
: to inhale or exhale the vapor of
vaper
noun
Vapers can inhale huge numbers of very small aerosol particles into the lung's tiniest airways.
—Janet Raloff, Science News
Janet Raloff, Science News
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