smooth operator

Main Entry:  smooth operator
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  a person who successfully manipulates people or situations
Example:  Professional athletes tend to be smooth operators.
Usage:  slang
Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon
Copyright © 2003-2013 Dictionary.com, LLC
Cite This Source
Slang Dictionary

smooth operator definition


and smoothie
  1. n.
    a clever and quiet person, especially in reference to romantic involvement; a seducer. : He thinks he's such a smooth operator! , Clare is an old smoothie till she thinks she's got everything the way she wants. Then you see the real Clare.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
Cite This Source
00:10
Smooth operator is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT