smokies

Grilled meat tubes

Smokies is an informal term for smoked sausages, especially the small, curved variety often grilled or boiled: We threw some smokies on the barbecue.

In some regions, smokies refers specifically to police officers or highway patrol, from the wide-brimmed hats resembling Smokey Bear.

The Smokies is also short for the Great Smoky Mountains in the southeastern United States.

mountains

Appalachians

Eastern U.S. mountain chain

ridgeline · overlook · hiking · trails · wildlife · bears · elk · salamanders · waterfalls · fog

sausage

frankfurter

Seasoned smoked sausage

knackwurst · bockwurst · wiener · link · casing · grilling · mustard · relish · bun · cookout

haze

fog

Low-lying cloud cover

visibility · atmosphere · particulate · burn · campfire · woodsmoke · drift · veil

barbecue

grill

Cooking surface over fire

brisket · ribs · pitmaster · bark · offset · pellet · thermometer · tongs · competition · Texas

Categories
Opposites
GEOGRAPHIC TERRAIN (mountains)

smokieslowlands

Low-elevation flat terrain

Great Plains · flatlands · prairies · Florida Everglades · Death Valley

FOOD PREPARATION METHOD (smoked sausages)

smokiesbratwurst

German minced-pork sausage

LAW ENFORCEMENT RELATIONSHIP (CB slang for police)

smokiesoutlaws

Fugitives from justice

runners · bootleggers · speeders · bandits · truckers

Phrases
Family

smoking, smokiness, smokier, smokiest, non-smoking, smokie, outsmoking

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G