different between thickie vs smoothie

English

Alternative forms

• thicky

Etymology

thick +? -ie

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [???ki]
• Rhymes: -?ki

Noun

thickie (plural thickies)

1. (chiefly Britain, slang) a dimwit or idiot

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:idiot.

English

Alternative forms

• smoothy

Etymology

smooth +? -ie

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?smu?ði/
• Rhymes: -u?ði

Noun

smoothie (plural smoothies)

1. A smooth-talking person.
   • 2003, Michael Lydon, Flashbacks: Eyewitness Accounts of the Rock Revolution, 1964-1974 (page 7)

     True to their reputations, Paul was a smoothie who put a public relations gloss on everything he said, and John was abrasive and sarcastic, speaking his mind and letting the chips fall where they may.

2. A drink made from whole fruit, thus thicker than fruit juice.
3. A member of the mod subculture who is relatively non-violent and wears expensive clothing.
   • 1987, John Irwin (quoting Piri Thomas), The Felon

     The decision to cool myself made the next two years the hardest I had done because it meant being a smoothie and staying out of trouble, which in prison is difficult, […]

   • 1999, Nick Johnstone, Abel Ferrara: The King of New York (page viii)

     Film Comment's David Chute described him as: "small, stringy and intense, but he's better dressed and groomed (than Ferrara), less of a punk and more of a smoothie."

   • 2011, Gerard DeGroot (quoting Brown), Seventies Unplugged

     […] mods, skins, suedes, smoothies, punks, skunks, rude boys, soul boys and headbangers […]

Translations

See also

• thickie

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English smoothie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?smu?.di/, /?smu?.ti/, [?smu?.ði], [?smu?.di], [?smu?.?i], [?smu?.ti]
• Hyphenation: smoo?thie

Noun

smoothie m (plural smoothies)

1. A smoothie.

Derived terms

• groentesmoothie
• smoothiebar
• vruchtensmoothie

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English smoothie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?smu?t(?)i/, [?s?mu?t?(?)i]
• IPA^(key): /?smu?tie/, [?s?mu?t?ie?]
• Syllabification: smoot?hie

Noun

smoothie

1. smoothie (beverage)

Declension

Kotus recommends the top one, but the bottom one is more common.

Spanish

Noun

smoothie m (plural smoothies)

1. smoothie (beverage)