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smoothie, n. and a. colloq. (orig. U.S.).|ˈsmuːðɪ|
Also smoothly.
[f. smooth a. + -y6, -ie.]
A. n. A person who is ‘smooth’ (sense 7); one who is suave or stylish in conduct or appearance: usu. a man. Occas. with unfavourable sense: a slick but shallow or insinuating fellow, a fop.
1929Princeton Alumni Weekly 24 May 981/3 Smoothie..indicates savoir faire, a certain je ne sais quoi... Clothes do much to make the smoothie. 1932B. G. de Sylva et al. (song-title) You're an old smoothie. 1939R. Chandler Big Sleep xxv. 213 It might be a smoothie in the detective business trying to get a noseful of somebody else's case. 1943Hunt & Pringle Service Slang 60 Smoothie, a chap who fancies himself as a ladies' man. 1954P. Frankau Wreath for Enemy i. i. 5 Laurent is a smoothy, and I do not see how anybody could be in love with him. 1957Listener 14 Nov. 801/2 A television smoothie. (This last is now gossip-writer's English for a slick commentator or smiling interviewer.) 1958C. Rice April Robin Murders v. 54 This poetic-looking smoothie makes a thing out of marrying women with money. 1960Spectator 8 July 66 The usual smoothie with a pseudo-American accent. 1973Guardian 4 May 31/2 ‘They think there's nothing but muck and pit heaps up here,’ say North-easterners, referring to the southern ‘smoothies’. 1979H. Jenkins Culture Gap i. iv. 24, I have nothing but contempt for the international art market. It is a racket none the better for being operated by cultivated smoothies.
B. adj. = smooth a. 7.
1959I. Jefferies Thirteen Days iv. 54 Stern..was a real smoothie boy..like what I intended to be when I grew up. 1972Times 7 Sept. 19/1 Max's prime characteristic..is being very tactful without being at all smoothy. 1974N. Freeling Dressing of Diamond 101 Bernard..is good at the smoothie commercial stuff.
Add:[A.] 2. A smooth, thick drink consisting of fresh fruit, esp. banana, puréed with milk, yoghurt, or ice cream. Chiefly U.S. and Austral.
1977Washington Post 2 June f12/3 There are some definite winners among the selections: Freshly made onion rings, a yogurt and fruit drink called a ‘smoothie’, [etc.]. 1986Auckland Metro Feb. 29/3 Buttermilk is an ideal replacement for yoghurt in the breakfast smoothie or for milk in a standard milkshake. 1987Sunday Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 7 June 30/2 In New York now, there are entire bars which cater for trendy non-drinkers. They serve nothing but a selection of mineral waters, soft drinks and non-alcoholic cocktails (called ‘smoothies’). 1989Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 1 Jan. 34/1 It's worth noting that the shop underneath makes ripper soymilk smoothies. Buy yourself a strawberry job with frozen yoghurt. |