# smoothie

Pronunciation: US say "SMOO-thee" /ˈsmuːði/; UK

## Noun

1. A drink made from blended whole fruit, thicker than fruit juice because the pulp is kept in.
   - Simple: A thick drink made by blending whole fruit, often with milk or yogurt.
   - _The café sells a mango smoothie that is almost too thick to sip through a straw._
   - _He whipped up smoothies for the whole family using frozen strawberries and oats._
2. A person who speaks in a smooth, charming, and persuasive manner.
   - Simple: A person who talks in a charming, confident way, often to get what they want.
   - _That smoothie charmed his way past the doorman without a ticket._
   - _The negotiation went to the slickest smoothie in the room._
3. A mixture in which many different things are jumbled together.
   - Simple: A mix of many different things put together into one.
   - _The policy turned out to be a smoothie of old rules and trendy new buzzwords._
   - _Her apartment décor was a smoothie of styles borrowed from every decade._
4. A person who has shaved their body hair, especially the pubic hair. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A person who has shaved off their body hair, especially around the private parts.
   - _She prefers to be a smoothie and shaves everything before summer._
   - _Several models on set that day were smoothies for the swimwear shoot._
5. A mod who wears expensive clothes and is generally nonviolent.
   - Simple: A member of the mod youth style who avoids fights and wears expensive clothes.
   - _The smoothie at the corner table wore a perfectly tailored Italian suit._
   - _Unlike the rougher crowd, the smoothies kept to dancing and fashion._

## Origin

Formed from the adjective "smooth" combined with the suffix "-ie".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/smoothie (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).