Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

smoky

/ˈsmoʊki/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English

Syllables: smoky
IPA: /ˈsmoʊki/

14

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Filled with smoke.

adj

Filled with smoke.

adj

Giving off smoke.

adj

Of a colour or colour pattern similar to that of smoke.

adj

Having a flavour or odour like smoke; flavoured with smoke.

adj

Resembling or composed of smoke.

adj

Blackened by smoke.

adj

Addicted to or associated with the smoking of tobacco.

Example Sentences

"a smoky cabin"
"Some ſate turning of ſpittes; and the place being all ſmoakie, made me thinke on hell, foꝛ the ioynts of meate lay as if they had béene bꝛoyling in the infernall fire, […]"
"[W]e […] never had better fires in England, then in the dry, ſmoaky houſes of Kecoughtan: […]"
"[E]ven the ſmoky air of one of the moſt ſmoky ſtreets of the ſuburbs is chearful, and ſalubrious, to the oppreſſion I felt in the chamber we have juſt left."
"Hell is a city much like London— / A populous and a smoky city; […]"
"a smoky bar"

Etymology

From Middle English smoke, smokei, smoki, smokie, smoky, equivalent to smoke + -y (adjectival suffix). Doublet of Samoki.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: smoke,smokei,smoki,smokie,smoky
Suffix: smoke

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈsmoʊki/

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

smokier (comparative) smokiest (superlative) smoakie (alternative, obsolete) smoaky (alternative, obsolete) smokey (alternative)

Derived Forms

Smokies smokily smokiness unsmoky

Phrases

smoky black smoky brown smoky brown cockroach smoky eye smoky eyes Smoky Hills smoky jungle frog Smoky Lake

Frequently Paired Words

smoked smoker

Synonyms

fumid fumous

Homonyms

smokey smokie

Rhymes With

karaoke smokey aoki loci okey hokey oki pokey gnocchi okie skokie oaky

Questions

How do you pronounce smoky?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsmoʊki/.
What does smoky mean?: Filled with smoke.
Where does smoky come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce smoky

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