vape

[ veyp ]

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noun

an e-cigarette for the delivery of nicotine in a vapor, or a similar device for inhaling cannabis, LSD, and certain other easily vaporized drugs; a vape pen.
an act or period of vaping:
It took a few vapes to get used to it.

verb (used with or without object)

vaped, vaping.

to draw in and exhale the vapor from (the substance in an e-cigarette or similar device):
In many places you are allowed to smoke or vape medical cannabis anywhere in public.
Fully charged, the device allows you to vape all day.

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of vape¹

Coined in 1979 by U.S. entrepreneur Brenda Coffee, physician Norman Jacobson, and inventor Jon Philip Ray; shortened from vapor ( def ) or vaporize ( def )

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If you get a normal vape, he says, "they've got a capacity which is enough for 600 puffs - the equivalent to 20 cigarettes".

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But if you get an illegal one, "it can be anything from 200 cigarettes in one vape. Obviously someone buying this to go on a night out or a kid might just be chuffing on it all day and you can imagine the drastic effect that'll have on someone's lungs."

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They said Salford was home to a number of vape warehouses supplying products across England, meaning "seizing at this stage in the supply chain is really effective".

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Music helped break up the monotony some, but what really made time fly by was a hit of his vape pen or, sometimes, a cannabis edible.

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Unless you spend a lot of time in vape shops and rest stops, it’s an order of magnitude seedier than any other establishment you regularly enter.

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