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
Examples of vape in a Sentence
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As of last year, the Associated Press reported there were over 9,000 kinds of vaping products available for sale in the US, a nearly threefold increase since 2020.
—Louise Matsakis, WIRED, 25 June 2024
This is in part because many vaping products available in the U.S. haven’t been authorized for marketing or sale.
—Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, The Conversation, 25 June 2024
Despite state laws against marketing to children, many brands reflect this youth appeal, from weed bags modeled after McDonald’s Happy Meals to vape flavorings that mimic bubblegum.
—Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024
Truth Initiative describes itself as the nation’s largest nonprofit dedicated to investigating and eradicating the smoking habit, and wants directors and actors to think twice about including smoking or vaping in their projects.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2024
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Louise Matsakis, WIRED, 25 June 2024
This is in part because many vaping products available in the U.S. haven’t been authorized for marketing or sale.
—Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, The Conversation, 25 June 2024
Despite state laws against marketing to children, many brands reflect this youth appeal, from weed bags modeled after McDonald’s Happy Meals to vape flavorings that mimic bubblegum.
—Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024
Truth Initiative describes itself as the nation’s largest nonprofit dedicated to investigating and eradicating the smoking habit, and wants directors and actors to think twice about including smoking or vaping in their projects.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2024
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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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