Wiktionary
alt. 1 (context often pluralized English) A method of long-distance communication sometimes used in ancient and undeveloped society, consisting of messages conveyed by means of columns or intermittent puffs of smoke. 2 (context idiomatic often pluralized English) An indirect message or indication, especially concerning a future event. 3 A type of flare or combustion device sometimes used as a distress signal. n. 1 (context often pluralized English) A method of long-distance communication sometimes used in ancient and undeveloped society, consisting of messages conveyed by means of columns or intermittent puffs of smoke. 2 (context idiomatic often pluralized English) An indirect message or indication, especially concerning a future event. 3 A type of flare or combustion device sometimes used as a distress signal.
Wikipedia
The smoke signal is one of the oldest forms of long-distance communication. It is a form of visual communication used over long distance. In general smoke signals are used to transmit news, signal danger, or gather people to a common area.
Smoke signals are a form of visual communication used over long distances.
Smoke Signals may also refer to:
- Smoke Signal, Arizona, a community in the United States
- Smoke Signals (Smokey Robinson album), a 1986 album
- Smoke Signals (MDC album), a 1986 album by the hardcore punk band MDC
- Smoke Signals (film), a 1998 independent film
- Smoke Signals (magazine), the official magazine of the Aborigines Advancement League
- "Smoke Signals", a song by Extreme on their album Extreme
Smoke Signal is a 1955 Western film directed by Jerry Hopper and starring Dana Andrews.
Usage examples of "smoke signal".
Then tomorrow, if it looks clear, we go get some green wood and leaves from across the way to make a smoke signal with.
We noticed the two wrecked ships down by the lake, Dasinger explained, then saw your smoke signal.
He collected the empty casings of the smoke signal flares he had been shooting out the window and put them in an empty canvas survival bag.