vape

verb

ˈvāp

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

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

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The guest may then choose whether to relocate or to vape later. —

Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2023 Enlarge / Elfbar disposable vape flavored vaping e-cigarette products. —

Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 14 Feb. 2023 Blanc also smokes cigars, and other characters vape and smoke pot. —

Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2022 Talking directly to the teen would force the vaping into the basement or the other side of the house, the parents would never learn about it, the teen would continue to vape, and would likely also avoid you for the next decade or so. —

Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 29 Dec. 2022 Talking directly to the teen would force the vaping into the basement or the other side of the house, the parents would never learn about it, the teen would continue to vape, and would likely also avoid you for the next decade or so. —

Amy Dickinson, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Dec. 2022 Talking directly to the teen would force the vaping into the basement or the other side of the house, the parents would never learn about it, the teen would continue to vape, and the teen would probably avoid you for the next decade or so. —

Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2022 Talking directly to the teen would force the vaping into the basement or the other side of the house, the parents would never learn about it, the teen would continue to vape, and would likely also avoid you for the next decade or so. —

Amy Dickinson, cleveland, 29 Dec. 2022 Talking directly to the teen would force the vaping into the basement or the other side of the house, the parents would never learn about it, the teen would continue to vape, and would likely also avoid you for the next decade or so. —

Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 29 Dec. 2022 See More

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