vape

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\ ˈvāp

vaped; vaping

Definition of vape

transitive + intransitive

: 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 When a person tokes, eats or vapes cannabis, a wave of THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, washes into the brain.— Laura Sanders

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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

Examples of vape in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Mare’s ten-minute smoke breaks — can someone actually vape for ten straight minutes? — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2021 The survey suggests that the number of school kids who vape fell by 1.8 million in a year, from 5.4 million to 3.6 million, officials said. — Mike Stobbe And Matthew Perrone, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2020 Would these health concerns also apply to adults who vape weed? — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 3 Mar. 2021 The survey suggests that the number of school kids who vape fell by 1.8 million in a year, from 5.4 million to 3.6 million, officials said. — Mike Stobbe And Matthew Perrone, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2020 The survey suggests that the number of school kids who vape fell by 1.8 million in a year, from 5.4 million to 3.6 million, officials said. — Mike Stobbe And Matthew Perrone, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2020 The survey suggests that the number of school kids who vape fell by 1.8 million in a year, from 5.4 million to 3.6 million, officials said. — Mike Stobbe And Matthew Perrone, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2020 The survey suggests that the number of school kids who vape fell by 1.8 million in a year, from 5.4 million to 3.6 million, officials said. — Mike Stobbe And Matthew Perrone, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2020 The survey suggests that the number of school kids who vape fell by 1.8 million in a year, from 5.4 million to 3.6 million, officials said. — Mike Stobbe And Matthew Perrone, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2020

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