smokey
smokey is the alternative spelling of smoky.
Noun (1)
smokey (plural smokies or smokeys)
- A state trooper.
- By the time we got into Tulsa Town
We had eighty-five trucks in all
But there's a roadblock up on the cloverleaf
And them bears was wall-to-wall.
Yeah, them smokies is thick as bugs on a bumper
They even had a bear in the air.1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics), Black Bear Road, performed by C. W. McCall - The middle position, or "rocking chair," is so called because the drivers in the middle don't have to worry about watching for smokeys.1977, Terry Cook, Vans and the Truckin' Life, page 27
- By the time we got into Tulsa Town
- A cop, a police officer.
Meaning of smoky
Adjective
smoky (comparative smokier, superlative smokiest)
- Filled with smoke.
- a smoky cabin
- Giving off smoke.
- a smoky oil lamp
- Of a colour or colour pattern similar to that of smoke.
- The Piſmire kinde of Aetius hath a ſmoky body, an aſh-coloured neck, and the back as it were adorned with ſtars.1658, Tho. Mouffet [i.e., Thomas Muffet, et al.], “The Theater of Insects: Or, Lesser Living Creatures. […]. Chapter XII. Of Spiders That Are Hurtful, or Phalangia.”, in J[ohn] R[owland], transl....
- Having a flavour or odour like smoke; flavoured with smoke.
- a smoky whisky
- Resembling or composed of smoke.
- And let thy muſtie vapours march ſo thicke,
That in their ſmoakie rankes, his ſmothred light
May ſet at noone, and make perpetuall night.1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC, signature F3, verso
- And let thy muſtie vapours march ſo thicke,
Proper noun capitalized: Smokey
Smokey (plural Smokeys)
- Alternative form of Smokey Bear.
- The plush bear on the near left was produced by Three Bears Inc. around 1985 and is typical of the plush Smokeys produced in the United States.1995, Sue Pearson, Dottie Ayers, Teddy bears: a guide to their history, collecting, and care, →ISBN, page 111
- Ideal released several more plush Smokeys, but the company's most ingenious move was to include application cards allowing kids to become a "Junior Forest Ranger."1998, Dana Cain, Film and TV Animal Star Collectibles, →ISBN, page 55
Noun (2) capitalized: Smokey
Smokey (plural Smokeys)
- Highway patrolman.
- Unless Smokeys were engaged in an active pursuit, they had to stick to highways and pass off suspicious vehicles to local units.1997, Tony Chiu, Positive Match, →ISBN, page 384
- Mack trucks would replace quarter horses, Smokeys would replace federal marshals, and truckstops would replace saloons as the loci of spontaneous brawls.2008, Shane Hamilton, Trucking Country: The Road to America's Wal-Mart Economy, →ISBN, page 221
- A campaign hat.
- She was with the engineers but she wanted to be a drill instructor, and she asked me one day, she said, 'How come you all don't wear the Smokeys?2007, Larry Smith, The Few and the Proud: Marine Corps Drill Instructors in Their Own Words, →ISBN
Forms of smokey
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | smokies |
| plural | smokeys |
| plural | Smokeys |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Smokeys |
Origin of smokey
Short for Smokey Bear (“a cartoon Park Ranger”).
Short for Smokey Bear.
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