smokey

¹ American  

[smoh-kee] / ˈsmoʊ ki /

noun

(often initial capital letter)

plural

smokeys

1. an officer or officers of a state highway patrol.

2. a state police car.

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smokey ² American  

[smoh-kee] / ˈsmoʊ ki /

adjective

smokier, smokiest

1. a variant of smoky.

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Etymology

Origin of smokey

An Americanism dating back to 1970–75; shortened from Smokey Bear, a cartoon bear used in the U. S. Forest Service's fire prevention campaign, depicted wearing a hat similar to those worn by state police officers

Example Sentences

Over a simple acoustic backing, he reminisces about "smokey bars and cheap guitars", observing that while Liverpool is always changing, "nothing can erase the days we left behind".

From BBC

And in 1975, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles recorded perhaps the only smog-themed love song: “The sky is gray when the smog fills the air/Hiding the light that shines through your hair.”

From Los Angeles Times

A week later her daughter Smokey died during labour at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford in September 2023.

From BBC

Meet “Coalie,” who joins the army of official and semiofficial mascots making government and commercial pitches go down easier for you and me, like Smokey the Bear, McGruff the Crime Dog and Franklin the Fair Housing Fox.

From Los Angeles Times

Others might recall her smokey vocals in the song “Mal Hombre,” as featured in Guillermo del Toro’s “Cabinet of Curiosities” — or in the final season of Netflix’s “Orange is the New Black” which featured her heart-wrenching cover of the traditional Mexican huapango “Cucurrucucú Paloma.”

From Los Angeles Times