Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Slang A person regarded as being assured and artfully ingratiating in manner.
- n. Slang A smooth-tongued person.
Wiktionary
- n. A smooth-talking person.
- n. A drink made from whole fruit, thus thicker than fruit juice.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a thick smooth drink consisting of fresh fruit pureed with ice cream or yoghurt or milk
- n. someone with an assured and ingratiating manner
Etymologies
- smooth + -ie (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Originated in America, a smoothie is a healthy drink made up almost entirely out of fruits, sometimes sweetened.”
“The smoothie is a really pretty sunset orange colour”
“ABC, smoothie is a paint additive to eliminate ‘fish eyes’ in paint.”
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“Plunge in your blender, whirr around and a delicious smoothie is ready.”
“It's an aloe-powered mango smoothie from a Chinese dessert place.”
“For example, acknowledge that a smoothie is a meal, not a low-calorie drink.”
“The smoothie might be the best bet for my first try.”
“We were surrounded by a selection of fresh-squeezed juices, high-end teas and a platter of something called smoothie shooters, but no wine in sight.”
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“But honestly, I was right, it's not as great as some of the ones I had yesterday (or the chocolate chip smoothie, which is just the most delicious smoothie ever).”
“And the smoothie is a delicious, nutritious thing.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘smoothie’.
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vegan
vegan food list of basic vegan food or types of vegan food you've had and liked.
( food, cuisine, eating, health, vegan, vegetarian, animal rights, anti-cruelty, no meat, herbivore, s...tofu, hummus, falafel, cookie, soy, nuts, fruit, burrito, veggie burger, soy cheese, rice, pasta and 52 more...
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bepetersen's list
Words that I think should be banned from the English language
spittle, supper, crusty, moist, engorged, crotch, sinew, salve, suckle, mauve, damp, squat and 34 more...
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English words used in Czech
best-seller, peeling, piercing, snowboard, skateboard, all inclusive, know-how, image, swing, party, spam, playback and 32 more...
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Schwa-Free
Words of more than one syllable that include no schwas in their pronunciation.
(Note for pedants: some of these words have more than one pronunciation. As long as just one of the possi...decoy, ballet, survey, sashay, argon, lilac, sumac, café, princess, dildo, wordy, flighty and 30 more...
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Reading Reading
Words from the works of Peter Reading - at least one from each (except the Schwitters-esque erosions, cut-ups etc).
overbright, pimpled, muskiness, effuse, stoup, maul, unlevel, viscid, perfidious, glibly, aloes, drouth and 449 more...
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words my 19-month-old daughter says
We'll skip people's names.
basketball, light, railroad, mommy, daddy, up, hand, gate, walk, kitty, doggie, cat and 145 more...
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I Drink Your...
I drink it up!
milkshake, smoothie, egg cream, coolatta, horchata, lassi, slurpee, Arnold Palmer, Shirley Temple, coffee, tea, cappuccino and 42 more...
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Scarequotes's Words
scare quotes, celebritot, crwth, seattleite, splatterpunk, concupiscent, pinxit, question setter, gotham, quagga, typewriter, daddy-o and 16 more...
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My Stupid Day
Words that happened today. Outside of this site, I mean.
overcast, shower, storm, voicemail, email, music, contract, passive-aggressive, megabytes, filtered, mocha, antacid and 44 more...
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Upplucked
Yom.
apricot, macadamia, flan, cheesecake, sushi, sprouts, marmalade, chai, smoothie, cupcake, lasagna, spirulina and 40 more...
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favorite words
just a few of my fave words.
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frankieroberto's Words
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Nasty, terrible, horrid words.
Things that make me shudder.
Tweets
Looking for tweets for smoothie.
yarb A regular at the Colliers was Head of Art at the local Poly (phoney smoothie, used to take snuff).
- Peter Reading, C, 1984 Jul 4, 2008