Definition

Noun: 1. A thick, smooth beverage: A drink made by blending fresh fruit, and often other ingredients like yogurt, milk, or ice cream, into a thick, uniform consistency. 2. A person with a charming and confident manner: Someone, typically a man, who is suave, self-assured, and skillfully pleasant or persuasive.

Usage Examples

• Beverage:
  • For breakfast, I made a banana and strawberry smoothie.
  • This café offers a variety of healthy smoothies with spinach and kale.
• Person:
  • He's a real smoothie, always knowing exactly what to say to charm anyone.
  • The salesman was a smoothie who could convince you to buy anything.

Advanced Usage

• The term can be used metaphorically to describe something that operates or proceeds very easily and without problems.
  • The new software update made the whole process a real smoothie.

Variants and Related Words

• Smooth (adjective): Having an even, consistent surface or texture; proceeding without difficulty or obstruction.
  • The road was very smooth.
  • The negotiations were surprisingly smooth.
• Smoothly (adverb): In a smooth manner.
  • The event went smoothly.

Synonyms

• For the beverage: Shake, blended drink, frappé.
• For the person: Charmer, slicker, sweet-talker.

Related Phrases

• Smooth operator: An idiom closely related to the second meaning, describing a person who is very skillful, charming, and effective in social or business situations.
  • Don't be fooled by his friendly act; he's a smooth operator.

Noun

1. a thick smooth drink consisting of fresh fruit pureed with ice cream or yoghurt or milk
2. someone with an assured and ingratiating manner