🚬 Giving off smoke 💯 Very or extremely 🔥 Very attractive

smokin'

26 9.9

Put before a word to show a very strong quality

adverb
/ˈsmoʊkɪn/

Slang

: muy

He finished the race in smokin' fast time, surprising everyone.
smokin' hot

So we came out the gates smoking hot.

Examples

The new restaurant serves smokin' good barbecue that everyone is talking about.
That was a smokin' hot performance by the band last night.
That dress is smokin' hot!
This pizza is smokin' good!
Your boss is smokin' hot.
Plus she's smokin' hot.
You’re smokin' hot!

Synonyms

freakin

vssmokin'

NSFW

410 9.5

A word people use to add strong feeling to another word

is similar but specifically used before adjectives or adverbs for intensity

friggin

vssmokin'

NSFW

106 9.1

To show strong anger, surprise, or emphasis

expresses emphasis without necessarily implying annoyance or surprise

frickin

vssmokin'

Slang

86 9.9

A word people use to show strong feeling without rude words

shares emphasis but is used particularly before adjectives or adverbs

frigging

vssmokin'

NSFW

54 9.8

To add strong emphasis before an adjective or adverb

is used especially before adjectives or adverbs for very strong emphasis

stinkin

vssmokin'

Informal

30 9.0

Very, used before a word to add strong emphasis

is focused on emphasis before adjectives or adverbs rather than nouns

flippin

vssmokin'

Informal

28 9.8

Adds the idea of very to a word, used in casual speech

is used the same way but mainly before adjectives or adverbs

frakking

vssmokin'

NSFW

26 9.9

To make what you say sound stronger

is the same intensifying role but targeted before adjectives or adverbs

flaming

vssmokin'

Slang

18 7.0

To show strong anger or annoyance before a word

is used for strong emphasis without the usual annoyed tone

Antonyms

not at all

∞ 1.0

In no way

slightly

880 1.0

A little, not very much

How Intense

smokin'

Slang

26 9.9

really

∞ 1.0

quite

∞ 1.0

a little

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

smokin' positive

Morphology

smokin' = smoking (semi-transparent) = smoke + in'

The intensifier use is a colloquial clipping of 'smoking' and functions idiomatically rather than via a productive adverbial rule.

Etymology

Smokin' as an adverb comes from smoking and smoke, with the idea of being 'so hot it smokes'. Used before an adjective, it means 'very' or 'extremely', like saying something is 'so hot it smokes', so smokin' adds strong emphasis.