me! Mr. Atkins is going to get a repu-
tation as a smart mouth.smartsn. intelligence. She’s got plenty of
smarts but no spunk. I got the smarts
to do the job. All I need is someone to trust
me.
smartyn. a cocky person. (Also a term of
address.) Well, if you’re such a smarty,
why aren’t you rich? Okay, smarty, do
it yourself.
smarty-pantsn. a cocky person; a smart
aleck. Look, smarty-pants, let’s cut the
clowning around. That smarty-pants is
going to get herself into big trouble.
smashn. wine. (Black. Because it is made
from smashed grapes.) I got a bottle of
smash in my car. This is great smash for
a buck twenty-five.
smashedmod. alcohol or drug intoxicated.
He was so smashed he couldn’t stand up.
Tracy can drink a lot without ever get-
ting smashed.
smash hitn. a play, movie, musical, etc.,
which is a big success. Her first book
was a smash hit. The second was a disas-
ter. A smash hit doesn’t always make
people rich.
smashingmod. excellent; really tremen-
dous. We had a smashing time at your
little do. This whole meal has been
smashing.
smeartv. to defeat someone; to outscore
someone. We smeared them 50-20.
They said they would smear us, but we
smeared them.
smearedmod. alcohol or drug intoxicated.
I feel sort of smeared. Maybe I should
have drunk less. Bob and Jim found
themselves smeared at the end of the day.
smell a rattv. to suspect that something
is wrong. He smelled a rat the minute
he came into the room. Keep everything
normal. I don’t want her to smell a rat. She
has never had a surprise party before.
smell bloodtv. to be ready for a fight; to
be ready to attack; to be ready to act.
(Like sharks, which are sent into a frenzy
by the smell of blood.) Lefty was sur-
rounded, and you could tell that the guys
from the other gang smelled blood. The
lawyer heard the crash and came run-
ning—smelling blood and bucks.
smellern. (one’s) nose. I think my
smeller’s gone bad because of my cold.
He’s got a fine strawberry on the end of his
smeller.smell fishyin. to seem suspicious. (See also
fishy.) Barlowe squinted a bit. Some-
thing smells fishy here, he thought.
Something about the deal smelled fishy.
smell it up and smell the stufftv. to sniff
or snort powdered drugs, usually co-
caine. (Drugs.) One of those guys shoots
it; the other smells it up. You don’t
breathe it in; you just smell the stuff.
smell like a rosein. to seem innocent.
I came out of the whole mess smelling like
a rose, even though I caused all the trou-
ble. Tiffany pretended that she was the
only one who should smell like a rose, but
I knew different.smell the stuffGo to smell it up.
smell to (high) heaven 1. in. to smell very
bad. This kitchen smells to high heaven.
What besides garlic are you cooking?
Where has this dog been? It smells to
heaven. 2. in. to give signals that cause
suspicion. This deal is messed up. It
smells to high heaven. Something’s
wrong here. Somebody blabbed. This setup
smells to high heaven.smidgen[“smIdZn] n. a tiny bit. I just
want a smidgen of cake. I’m on a diet.
Oh, come on, more than a smidgen. Just
a little?
smile and smiler; smileyn. a drink of
liquor; liquor. Come over and join me
for a smiley. Here, have a smiler on me.
smilerGo to smile.Smile when you say that.sent. Give some
sort of a signal that you are only joking
when you say something potentially of-
fensive. That’s pretty rude. You’d bet-
ter smile when you say that. I told him
he’d better smile when he says that, or he’s
going to get in trouble.smarts