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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So is vaping safer and less harmful than smoking tobacco?
—Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Devitt said bathrooms at OPRF had become a place where students vaped, hid out to ditch classes, fought, gambled and in general did things that they were not supposed to do.
—Bob Skolnik, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
Now, a major European rail operator, Ireland’s Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail), has warned customers that its train inspectors will issue €100 fines for etiquette crimes such as playing music without earphones, vaping and putting bags or feet on seats, The Journal reports.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2025
State Attorney General Tim Griffin provided $55 million of the project's budget in opioid and vaping settlement funds, with the hospital contributing the remaining $20 million.
—Nathan Ansell, Arkansas Online, 21 Aug. 2025
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Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Devitt said bathrooms at OPRF had become a place where students vaped, hid out to ditch classes, fought, gambled and in general did things that they were not supposed to do.
—Bob Skolnik, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
Now, a major European rail operator, Ireland’s Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail), has warned customers that its train inspectors will issue €100 fines for etiquette crimes such as playing music without earphones, vaping and putting bags or feet on seats, The Journal reports.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2025
State Attorney General Tim Griffin provided $55 million of the project's budget in opioid and vaping settlement funds, with the hospital contributing the remaining $20 million.
—Nathan Ansell, Arkansas Online, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Vape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vape. Accessed 9 Sep. 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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