SMASH, SMASHED – ADJECTIVES
– PAKARU broken, smashed, crushed …World War I NZ services’ sl.
SMASH etc. – NOUNS
– CRACKER a heavy fall; a smash …c1865 sl. obs.
– EGGALOURIE a general smash-up, as of crockery …1929 Sc.
– PIE-UP a crash; a smash … World War I Amer. sl.
– SAUSAGE AND MASH a smash, a car crash …1950s rhyming sl.
SMASH etc. – VERBS
– BASH to hit, to beat, to strike, to crush, to smash …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– DEBRUISE to break down, to break in pieces, to crush, to smash …1297 obs.
– DING IN SCOW to smash to pieces …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– MALLET to smash; to defeat …1982 Brit. sl.
– MASH to apply an injurious blow or pressure to; to crush, to smash, to suffer crushing of some part of the body …1832 Amer. dial.
– PAGGER to break or smash; to wreck …1979 UK market traders’ usage
– RASH to smash, to break with violence …1513 obs. rare
– SCAT to break to pieces; to burst, to split open; to smash; to slap, to beat …1891 Eng. dial.
– SCOW to smash to pieces; to break in staves …1815 Sc.
– TO-BRUISE to crush to pieces, to smash; to bruise severely …c1000 obs.
– TO-FRUSH to smash or break to pieces; also, to drive violently into something, as with a blow …c1300 obs.
– TRANSFISTICATE to strike or smash with the fist …1600 humorous nonce word obs.
– VANQUASH to smash …c1626 nonce word
SMEAR, SMEARED, SMEARING – ADJECTIVES
– BECLAMED smeared over with dirt or grease …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– DAWSEY sticky, adhesive, smeary …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– GOOPY sticky, smeared …1967 Amer. dial.
– SCOUREY smeared …1867 Eng. dial.
– SCOVY uneven in colour; blotched, streaky, mottled, smeary; of a rough, unclean appearance …1777 Eng. dial.
– TEERY sticky, smeary; adhesive …1881 Eng. dial.
SMEAR etc. – NOUNS
– ILLITION a smearing, anointing …1657 obs.
– SCLATCH; SKLATCH a large smudge, smear, or patch on a surface; a mass, clot, or daub of something wet or dirty …1866 Sc.
– SMOOCH; SMOOTCH a smudge, smear ….1825 Amer. dial.
– SMOUCH; SMOUTCH a smudge, smear …1844 Amer. dial.
SMEAR etc. – VERBS (also see BESMEAR)
– BALM to smear with something resinous or sticky …1382 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– BESMATTER to smear or daub with mud or dirt …1715 Eng. dial.
– BESMOTTER to smear or daub with mud or dirt; bespatter, to foul …1715 Eng. dial.
– BESMUDGE to smear, to soil with mud or dirt …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BESTRIKE to overspread, to do over, to anoint, to smear, to daub, to rub over with …1527 obs. rare
– CAGGLE OVER to smear over …1895 Eng. dial.
– CLART to make dirty or to smear with any sticky substance …13C
– DECHE to daub; to smear …a1000 obs.
– GOOK UP to smear something slimy or sticky on someone …1950s sl.
– GOOP to smear with something sticky; esp. to apply an oily or greasy preparation to the hair …1965 Amer. dial.
– GORMUCK to smear with something sticky; to daub, to dirty …1954 Amer. dial.
– ILLINE to smear, to besmear …1615 obs. rare
– ILLITE to smear, to anoint …1657 obs. rare
– KAGGLE OVER to smear over …1895 Eng. dial.
– OBLITE to smear over; to daub …1657 obs. rare
– OBVISCATE to smear over; to smooth as with a slimy coating; to mollify …1684 obs. rare
– SCLATCH; SKLATCH to smear, to bedaub, to cover with or apply some wet or messy substance …1825 Sc.
– SLURRY to dirty, to soil, to smear, to daub …LME obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– SMATHER to smear, to slather …1960 Amer. dial.
– SMOOCH; SMOOTCH to smudge, to smear …1828 Amer. dial.
– SMOUCH; SMOUTCH to smudge, to smear …1844 Amer. dial.
– TEER to smear, to daub; to spread; to dirty …1880 Eng. dial.
SMELL, SMELLED, SMELLING, SMELLY – ADJECTIVES
– CACKY covered with excrement; hence, dirty, filthy, malodorous …19C sl.
– CACODOROUS ill-smelling, malodorous …1863 rare
– DAIN putrid, bad-smelling …1888 obs. or Eng. dial. rare
– DAINTY evil-smelling …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– FAINT having a sickly smell …1864 obs.
– FOXY smelly with perspiration odour …Bk2006 US sl.
– FROWY partly decomposed and ill-smelling …Bk1913 Amer. dial.
– FUNKED having an offensive smell, malodorous, foul-smelling …1835
– FUNKED OUT having an offensive smell; malodorous, foul-smelling …1893 rare
– FUNKIFIED of food, clothing, etc.: that has become rancid or rank; that gives off a powerful and unpleasant smell …1965 US
– FUNKY having a strong or offensive smell; smelling of sweat or other bodily excretions; musky, pungent, rank …a1680
– GUNGY messy, ugly, smelly, old, or ragged …1962 UK sl.
– HIGH AS A DINGO’S HOWL foul-smelling …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– HONKING very smelly; of inferior quality …1985 Sc.
– LOUD of a smell: strong, offensive; of evil odour …1641 sl., now chiefly Amer. dial.
– MALEOLENT having an ill smell …1657 obs. rare
– MALODOROUS evil-smelling …1850
– MINGIN; MINGING smelly, disgusting, ugly, horrid, putrid, gross …playground sl.
– MISCOMFIST neatly stifled with a bad smell …Bk1903 Sc.
– MONGIE dirty; evil-smelling; nasty …1970s Eng. sl.
– NASUTE having a strong sense of smell …1699 obs. RARE
– NEBWISE having a keen sense of smell …1899 Sc.
– NIDOROUS resembling the smell or taste of roast meat or fat; of smells: strong and unpleasant …1626 rare
– NIFFY smelly …1903 Brit. sl.
– NIS-WISE having or pretending to have an acute sense of smell …1790 Sc.
– ODIFERANT that bears scent or smell; odorous; fragrant …a1529 obs.
– ODIFEROUS that bears scent or smell; odorous; fragrant …a1400 obs.
– ODORABLE that can be smelled; perceptible to the sense of smell …1589 obs.
– ODORAMINOUS smelling sweet; fragrant; pertaining to odour …1656 obs. rare
– ODORIFERANT that bears scent or smell; odorous; fragrant …1549 rare
– ODORIFERE that bears scent or smell; odorous; fragrant …1527 obs. rare
– ODORIFIC that bears scent or smell; odorous; fragrant …1796 obs. rare
– OLEFACTIBLE; OLFACTIBLE that may be smelled …c1705
– OLENT smelling, giving out a smell or scent …1607 rare
– OLFACTIVE pert. to the sense of smell …1654
– OLFACTORY pert. to the sense of smell; connected or concerned with smelling …1658
– OLID having a strong disagreeable smell; fetid, rank …1680
– OLIDOUS having a strong, disagreeable smell; fetid, rank, stinking …1646 obs. rare
– ON THE BUGLE foul-smelling, smelly …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– ON THE NOSE smelly; objectionable; decayed; stinking; esp. of rotten organic matter, as food …1941 Aust. sl.
– PONGY smelly …1936 sl.
– PUTREDINOUS characterized by putrefaction; having an offensive smell; stinking; rotten …1641 obs.
– QUICK of a taste or smell: sharp, pungent, brisk …1573 obs.
– RAFTY fusty, stale; with a musty, disagreeable odour …Bk19C Eng. dial.
– RAM offensive in smell or taste; rancid, strong-flavoured …1863 Eng. dial.
– RAM of smell, taste, etc.: rank, rancid, acrid, strong, stinking, highly disagreeable …c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– RAMP rank, rancid, having a strong smell …1824 Sc.
– RANK having an offensively strong smell; rancid …a1529
– RANKISH having a bad smell, stinking …1661 obs. rare
– RAUNCHY dirty, sloppy, and bad-smelling …M20 US sl.
– SMELLS LIKE A BUZZARD ON A GUT WAGON very smelly, stinking …1968 Amer. dial.
– SNIFTY having a pleasant or agreeable smell …1891 Amer. sl.
– SUAVEOLENT sweet-smelling; sweet-scented …1657 rare
– THIN-NOSED keen-scented …1899 Eng. dial.
– UNCLEAN of air or smells: foul or impure …c1400 obs.
– VALIANT strong in respect of smell or taste …1607 obs.
– VENTING that smells or snuffs …1637 obs.
– WHIFFY smelly …1849 sl.
SMELL etc. – INTERJECTIONS, PHRASES
– HAUNA! said when one smells a very bad odour …1967 Hawaii
– PA-SHEW! used of a very bad smell …1965 Amer. dial.
– PSHEW! used of a very bad smell …1965 Amer. dial.
– P.U.! said on smelling a bad smell, as something rotting …Bk1974 colloq.
– SHEW! used of a very bad smell …1965 Amer. dial.
– SHEW, THAT WOULD STINK A DOG OFF A GUT WAGON! used of a very bad smell …1965 Amer. dial.
– YOU’D STINK ANYBODY OFF A GUT WAGON said of somebody who smells …1930 Amer. sl.
SMELL etc. – NOUNS
– AIR BISCUIT an extremely malodorous fart or bad vomity smell …1980s sl.
– ANDI stench, offensive smell …1914 Sc.
– ANNA MAY WONG a stink; a smell …1920s Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘pong’
– DAME JUDI (DENCH) a stench …1998 UK rhyming sl.
– EEM a hot fetid smell, such as that from a stuffy atmosphere …1929 Sc.
– EK a nauseating whiff of some ill-smelling thing …1929 Sc.
– FOGO a disagreeable smell or odour; a stink, stench …1823
– FUNK a powerful, unpleasant smell, esp. a pungent or musky odour of sweat or other bodily excretions; a stink …1606
– FUNKINESS the quality of having a strong, unpleasant, or pungent smell or flavour …1843
– FUST a strong smell, as that of a mouldy barrel …1755 obs.
– GAPO Giant ArmPit Odour …20C teen & high school sl.
– GUSH a smell, a whiff, as of tobacco …1838 colloq.
– HUM an unpleasant smell …1906 Brit. sl.
– MALODOUR an evil smell; a stench …1825
– MONKEY’S WEDDING an unpleasant smell …20C Royal Navy sl.
– NADKIN a strong, unpleasant odour or taste; the taint acquired by meat kept too long …1825 Sc. obs.
– NATKIN a strong, unpleasant odour or taste; the taint acquired by meat kept too long …1825 Sc. obs.
– NIFF an unpleasant smell …1903 Brit. sl.
– NOSE smell, odour; perfume …1894
– ODORATION a savouring or smelling …1623 rare
– ODOROSITY the quality of being odorous …1847 rare
– ODOUR the sense of smell …1398 obs. rare
– ODOURET a faint smell …1825 nonce word
– OLFACIENT something that affects the sense of smell …1822-34 rare
– OLFACT the organ or sense of smell …1657 obs. rare
– OLFACTION the act of smelling or the sense of smell …a1846
– OLFACTOR he or that which smells …1829 rare
– OLFACTORY anything to smell; a posy or nosegay …1656 obs. rare
– OLFACTORY the power of smelling …1775 obs. rare
– OLFACTORY an organ of smelling …1823
– PONG an unpleasant smell …1919 sl.
– RAFT a fusty and damp smell, such as often proceeds from what has been closely shut up …Bk19C Eng. dial.
– RAM a rank odour; an offensive smell …a1838 Sc.
– REEK fumes, scent, smell …1893 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCENT OF GUSSET smell of the armpits …a1685 obs.
– THEEF a stench, a bad smell …Bk1905 Sc.
– THIN NOSE a nose keenly susceptible to smells …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– VAAM odour, smell, flavour, aroma …1866 Sc.
– VEHEMENCE intensity or strength of smell or colour …1535 rare
– VENTING the act of smelling or snuffing …1611 obs.
– VERDURE smell, odour …1520 obs.
SMELL etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– BAIT a woman with noticeable body odour …1980 African-American sl.
– FUSTILUGS a gross, fat, unwieldy person, especially a woman; a slovenly woman that smells rank; a person with a sour, forbidding aspect; a dirty child; a term of abuse …1607 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– KANITSENO a stinker, ‘stinking one’ …M19 back-slang
– MEFF a dirty, smelly individual; a person with disgusting habits …c1960s UK playground sl.
– MEFFER a dirty, smelly individual; a person with disgusting habits …c1960s UK playground sl.
– MINGER a person who smells bad; hence, an unattractive person of either sex …1992 UK sl.
– MOBILE DUNGHEAP a dirty, smelly person …Bk2004 Brit. sl.
– PUCKAWN a man who smells …Irish sl.
– SCANK; SKANK a female who smells badly …1980 US sl.
– SKEG a smelly vagrant or one who resembles such a person …2000s sl.
– SKEGGY a smelly vagrant or one who resembles such a person …2000s sl.
– VENTER one who smells or scents out …1611 obs.
SMELL etc. – VERBS
– BOTTLE to smell badly; to stink …1979 UK sl.
– FUNK to offend with a strong smell …1699 obs.
– FUNK UP to cause to smell very strongly or unpleasantly …1967 African-American sl.
– HARK to smell …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– HUM to have an unpleasant odour; to stink …1902 UK sl.
– NAAR to stink, to smell foul …1980s S. Afr. sl.
– NIFF to smell unpleasantly …1927 Brit. sl.
– OFFEND to smell bad; to offend someone with perspiration odour or with bad breath …M20 US advertising usage
– OLFACT to smell …1663 rare
– PEN AND INK to smell unpleasantly …1892 rhyming sl. for ‘stink’
– PONG to smell unpleasantly …1927 sl.
– SMELL ALOUD to stink or smell strongly …1910 colloq. rare
– SMELL LIKE A POLE-CAT’S ASS to smell bad …1928 Amer. sl.
– SMELL LIKE ASS to smell awful …1986
– SMELL TO HIGH HEAVEN to smell unpleasantly …1963 sl.
– SNUFT to sniff, to inhale sharply and noisily; to smell, to scent …1820 Eng. dial.
– STINK ALOUD to stink or smell strongly …1828 colloq. rare
– STINK TO HIGH HEAVEN to have a very strong and unpleasant smell …1973 colloq.
– SUBODORATE to smell or scent out …1606 rare
– TASTE to smell …1790 Eng. dial. obs.
– VAMP to smell bad …1973 Trinidad and Tobago usage
– VENT to smell or snuff at something …1634 rare
– WHIFF to smell unpleasantly …1899 sl.
SMELLING-SALTS – NOUNS
– smelling-salts HEAD-SALTS 1892 N. Ireland
SMILE, SMILING – ADJECTIVES
– RIANT smiling, laughing, mirthful, cheerful, gay …1567
– RIDENT radiantly cheerful; laughing, smiling, grinning …1609 rare
– SMILY faintly smiling …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– SUBRIDENT smiling …1897
– SUBRISIVE smiling, playful …1867
– SUBRISORY smiling, playful …1860
SMILE etc. – NOUNS
– ACTION a look, a smile, a verbal response …1970s African-American sl.
– BEAM a wide, radiant smile …1773
– CROCODILE a smile …1992 UK rhyming sl.
– GIGGLEMUG an habitually smiling face …Bk1909 sl.
– PENNY-A-MILE a smile …20C rhyming sl.
– RIANCY a bright or smiling character …1831 rare
– RIVER NILE a smile …1992 UK rhyming sl.
– SATURDAY NIGHT SMILE an enthusiastic smile …1940s US sl.
– SEG a toadying or hypocritical smile …1960s US students’ sl.
– SMILE LIKE A PO, A a round, benign and full-hearted smile …1976 sl.
– SMILET a little or slight smile …1592 rare
– SMIRKLE a smile; a smirk; a suppressed laugh …1825 Sc.
– SUBRISION a smiling …1658 rare
– SUN-SMILE a sunny or gracious smile …1837
– VELCRO GRIN a false rigid smile …1990s US sl.
– WAN SMILE a faint or forced smile, as of one sick or unhappy …1877
SMILE etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– ALL TITS AND TEETH a woman who capitalizes on her physical charms, esp. her smile and breasts (presumably large), to make up for the lack of more subtle attractions …1910s sl.
– ALL TITS AND TEETH LIKE A THIRD-ROW CHORUS-GIRL a woman who capitalizes on her physical charms, esp. her smile and breasts (presumably large), to make up for the lack of more subtle attractions …1910s sl.
– BEAMER a person who beams or smiles broadly …1857
– MONA LISA a woman having an enigmatic smile or expression such as that of the woman in Leonardo’s painting, the ‘Mona Lisa’ …1825
– POPSY-WOPSY a smiling, doll-like, attractive girl …L19 sl.
SMILE etc. – VERBS
– BEAM of a person: to smile radiantly …1893
– BLINK to smile, to look kindly, but with a modest eye; generally applied to females …1899 Amer. dial.
– BUTTER THE SHUTTER to smile for the camera …Bk1942 US sl.
– CHEESE to smile, esp. broadly …c1918 Brit. sl.
– FLASH ONE’S IVORIES to smile, to grin …1785 sl.
– FLASH THE IVORY to grin, to smile …1860 sl.
– GRIN LIKE A STREET KNOCKER to grin like a Cheshire cat; to have a broad fixed smile on one’s face …1830s colloq.
– HAVE THE DRY-GRINS said of one teased by striving to smile …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– MAKE WITH THE PEARLYS to smile …Bk1942 US sl.
– SIMPER LIKE A FRUMETY-KETTLE to smile; to look cheerful …1668 colloq.
– SIMPER LIKE A FURMITY-KETTLE to smile; to look merry or cheerful …18C colloq.
– SIMPER LIKE A POT THAT’S READY TO RUN OVER to smile; to look merry or cheerful …1631 colloq.
– SKIN TEETH to smile; to grin …1994 Jamaica
– SMICKER to smile fawningly; to smirk; to grin …1802 Sc. obs.
– SMIRKLE to smirk or smile; to giggle; to laugh in a suppressed manner …c1590 Sc.
– SQUINNY to laugh broadly; to smile or wink …B1900 Amer.
– SUBRIDE to smile …1623 obs. rare
SMIRCH – NOUNS
– a smirch SMOOCH 1907 Amer. dial.
SMIRK – NOUNS
– a smirk; a smile; a suppressed laugh SMIRKLE 1825 Sc.
SMIRK – VERBS
– to smirk or smile; to giggle; to laugh in a suppressed manner SMIRKLE c1590 Sc.
– to smirk; to smile fawningly; to grin SMICKER 1802 Sc. obs.
SMITH – NOUNS, PERSON (also see BLACKSMITH)
– a shoeing smith MARSHAL 1428 obs.
– a smith SCOWDER-DOUP Bk1904 Sc.
– a smith who does miscellaneous jobs JOBSMITH 1831
SMITHEREENS – NOUNS
– smithereens LAMES 1861 Sc.
– smithereens, a lost or scattered state, confusion, destruction VILLYAROO 1912 Sc.
SMOKE, SMOKING – ADJECTIVES
– REEK-RIDDEN smoke-ridden …1894 Sc.
– REEK-STAINED smoke-begrimed …1892 Sc.
– REEKY smoky, smoking …1832 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– TOBACCONALIAN relating to tobacco smoking …1889
– TOBACCONING smoking tobacco …1647 obs.
– TOBACCOY impregnated with or smelling of tobacco smoke …1840
SMOKE etc. – NOUNS
– BLAW a smoke; a whiff of a pipe …Bk1911 Sc.
– BURN an act of smoking …1941 sl.
– DRAG an act of smoking …1904 sl.
– EFFUSION a copious emission of smoke …1477 obs.
– FUNK thick smoke; a mass or cloud of this …1699
– IQ ANNIVERSARY the anniversary of a person’s quitting smoking …1988 US sl.
– LUNT smoke, smoke with flame, esp. the smoke from a pipe …1786
– PULE a wisp of smoke …E19 Sc.
– RANK smoke …1894 Eng. dial.
– RAWK smoke …B1900 Eng. dial.
– REECH smoke; steam …1859 Eng. dial.
– REEK smoke …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– REEK a smoke; the act of smoking; a whiff of a pipe …1876 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– REEK-STREAK a faint line of smoke …1896 Sc.
– SMOKE-HO; SMOKE-O; SMOKE-OH; SMOKO a stoppage of work for a smoke; also, a party at which smoking is allowed …1865 Aust. & NZ sl.
– TOBACCONING tobacco-smoking …1616 obs.
– TOBACCO-ROOM a room for smoking tobacco; a smoking-room …1656 obs.
– WAFF a slight amount of something blown about by the wind, as snow or smoke, a puff, a flurry …c1860 Sc.
– WAIF something borne or driven by the wind; a puff of smoke, a streak of cloud …1854
SMOKE etc. – VERBS
– ARTICHOKE RIPE to smoke a pipe …c1855 rhyming sl.
– BLAST to smoke tobacco …Bk1911 Sc.
– BLOW to smoke (tobacco, marijuana, etc.) …1946 Amer. dial.
– BLOW A CLOUD to smoke a pipe …Bk1890 sl.
– BUM-SUCK to take a draw on a cigarette without inhaling the smoke …1993 sl.
– BURN to smoke a cigarette …1929 sl.
– COCK ONE’S ORGAN to smoke a pipe …L18 sl.
– DRAG to smoke a cigarette …1919 sl., orig. US
– DUCK ARSE when smoking: to wet the cigarette end with saliva …1968 UK sl.
– EFFUME to puff out smoke …1599 obs. rare
– FOG to smoke cigarettes …Bk1974 Amer. dial.
– FUNK to smoke tobacco; also, to emit smoke …1684 obs.
– FUNK to blow smoke on someone …L17 sl.
– FUNK to smoke a pipe …L17 sl.
– FUNK THE COBBLER to fill a room or other closed space with foul-smelling smoke as a prank or practical joke, typically by inserting the stem of a tobacco pipe into a keyhole or crevice, loading the pipe with tobacco and an unpleasant-smelling herb or spice (such as asafoetida or pepper), and covering the bowl such that the smoke is forced into the room …1785 rare
– HACK BUTTS to smoke cigarettes …1993 Can. sl.
– LUNT to smoke a pipe …1830
– LUNT to smoke, to emit smoke …1894
– MAKE A CHIMNEY OF ONE’S MOUTH to smoke …Sc. & Ireland
– OOZLE of smoke: to trickle, to move slowly ...1883 US rare
– PULL to smoke a cigarette …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
– PUT ON A CIGAR to smoke a cigar in order to make oneself seem smarter than one is …L19 sl.
– PUT ON A SMOKE to light a pipe or cigarette …L19 sl.
– QUIFF to puff; to smoke …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RAISE A CLOUD to smoke a pipe of tobacco …L17 sl.
– REECH to smoke; to emit smoke or steam …1740 Eng. dial.
– REEK to smoke, to emit smoke …1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– REEST to smoke; to dry by the heat of the sun or fire …1805 Sc.
– SUFFUMIGATE to rise in smoke or vapour …1599 obs.
– TOBACCONIZE to impregnate with tobacco smoke …1884
– TOBACCONIZE to smoke tobacco …1876
– WALLOW of flame, smoke, vapour: to surge up …c1374
– WALM of smoke, vapour, etc.: to swirl, to billow …1601 obs. rare
SMOKER – NOUNS, PERSON
– BUTT FIEND a heavy smoker …1967 Amer. dial.
– CHIMNEY a person who smokes excessively …1900 Amer. sl.
– CLOUD-COMPELLER a smoker, especially of tobacco …1865 humorous usage
– COFFIN-DODGER a heavy smoker …Bk2006 US sl.
– CURBIE a smoker who must go out where the cars are parked to light up …20C teen & high school sl.
– FAG-ASH LIL a nickname for a woman who smokes heavily …L19 sl.
– FAGGER a person who smokes …1920s sl.
– FAG HAG a young woman who is a smoker …1944 Amer. students’ sl.
– FUNKER a person who smokes tobacco, esp. one who annoys others with tobacco smoke …1691 obs. rare
– MISOCAPNIST a hater of tobacco smoke …1839
– PUFFER a smoker …Brit. sl.
– SMOKE-POT a person who smokes a great deal …1965 Amer. dial.
– SMUDGE-POT a person who smokes a great deal …1965 Amer. dial.
– SNOUTCAST a smoker, one banished from a building to indulge his habit in the street …Brit. sl.
– TAR BABY a chain-smoker …Bk1972 homosexual sl.
– TOBACCANALIAN one who indulges in tobacco; a smoker …1855
– TOBACCO-FELLOW a companion in tobacco-smoking; a fellow smoker …1616 obs.
– TOBACCONALIAN a person addicted to tobacco smoking …1855
– TOBACCONER a smoker of tobacco …1616 obs.
– TOBACCONIST a person addicted to the use of tobacco; a habitual tobacco-smoker …1599 obs.
– TOBACCO-WORM one who chews or smokes tobacco to excess; one who uses snuff …1906 Amer. dial.
SMOKINESS, SMOKY – ADJECTIVES
– RANKY smoky …1894 Eng. dial.
– REECHY smoky, begrimed with smoke; also, dirty, unwashed …1854 Eng. dial.
– REEKY smoky, smoking …1832 Sc. & Eng. dial.
SMOKINESS etc. – NOUNS
– REIKINESS smokiness …Bk1904 Sc.
SMOOTH, SMOOTHLY, SMOOTHNESS – ADJECTIVES
– ABRASE rubbed smooth; rubbed clear from all markings; unoccupied, clean, blank …1600 obs.
– BALGH smooth …c1440 obs.
– EGG-BALD completely bald; smooth as an egg …1882 rare
– GLIBBERY slippery, smooth …1601 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– GLIDDERY slippery, smooth …1869 Eng. dial.
– HANDSMOOTH level or flat as if smoothed with the hand; smooth to the hand …1530 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– LEVIGATED made smooth; polished …1578 obs.
– LIKE A BABY’S BOTTOM smooth, featureless …1920s sl.
– LUBRIC having a smooth surface, slippery …1490 arch.
– QUEEM pleasant; calm; smooth …1824 Sc.
– SCLEET; SKLEET smooth, sleek …Bk1904 Sc.
– SLIDDERY slippery, smooth; sliding, unstable …a1225 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SMACK-SMOOTH flat; completely smooth; level or even with the ground or surface …1755 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– SMOOTH AS A BABY’S BOTTOM very smooth …1935 Amer. colloq.
– SOFT AS A BABY’S BOTTOM pert. to something which is very smooth or soft …20C colloq.
SMOOTH etc. – ADVERBS
– QUEEM smoothly, pleasantly, without snags or hitches …1879 Sc.
– QUEEM AS SILK smoothly, pleasantly …1900 Sc.
– QUEEMLY calmly, smoothly …1824 Sc.
– QUEMELY in a pleasing, agreeable, or becoming manner; neatly, gently, smoothly …c1380 obs.
– RENABLY smoothly; without hesitation …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SLICK AS A WHISTLE very smoothly or adroitly …Bk1905 Amer. dial.
– SLICK AS GREASE very smoothly or adroitly …Bk1905 Amer. dial.
– SMACK-SMOOTH smoothly, without any impediment or obstruction; quietly, pleasantly …1802 Eng. dial.
SMOOTH etc. – NOUNS
– LEVITY smoothness; an instance of this, a smooth surface …1613 obs.
– SATINITY smoothness, like that of satin …1830
SMOOTH etc. – VERBS
– KEMB to trim; to make smooth or elegant …c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– LEVIGATE to make smooth; to polish …1612 obs.
– QUEEM to smooth out …1935 Sc.
– TED to spread out; to arrange in order; to tidy, to smooth …1887 Sc.
SMOOTH OPERATOR – NOUNS, PERSON
– a smooth operator; a clever, influential person MAC 1960s African-American sl.
SMOOTH-SPOKEN – ADJECTIVES
– smooth-spoken but deceptive; sly and demure SMOOLY B1900 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– smooth-spoken; gentle; quiet; demure, diffident; thoughtful MOME 1864 Eng. dial.
SMOOTH-SPOKEN – NOUNS, PERSON
– a smooth-spoken, deceitful person VELVET-TONGUE Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SMOOTH-TALKING, SMOOTH-TONGUED – ADJECTIVES
– smooth-talking, flattering, fair-spoken BLANDILOQUOUS 1615 obs. rare
– smooth-tongued, plausible, flattering, wheedling FAIR-CALLING 1814 Sc.
– smooth-tongued, plausible, hypocritical MEALY-MOUTHED 1836 Sc. & Eng. dial.
SMOOTH-TALKING etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– a smooth talker; a cheat, a hustler SLICKSTER 1950s sl. orig. African-American
– a smooth-tongued or bland person; one who uses flattering, ingratiating, or plausible language SMOOTH-BOOTS 1599 obs.
– a smooth-tongued or flattering fellow GLAVERER 1544 obs.
– a smooth-tongued or flattering fellow GLAVERING FELLOW Bk1839 Eng. dial.
– a smooth-tongued person; a plausible, hypocritical tongue MEALY-MOUTH Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SMOTHER, SMOTHERED – ADJECTIVES
– smothered, overwhelmed SUFFOCATED 1471 obs.
SMOTHER etc. – VERBS
– to smother SMUDDER 1839 Amer. dial.
– to smother, to choke, to stifle QUEASOM 1561 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– to smother, to choke, to stifle QUEAZEN; QUEZZEN 1561 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– to smother, to trample down, to crowd OPPRESS 1382 obs.
SMOULDER – VERBS
– to smoulder MILDER Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– to smoulder away without flame QUEZZEN Bk1905 Eng. dial.
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