Meanings
nounsmokeshow (plural smokeshows)
plural smokeshows
- slangA very physically attractive person.
The sole purpose of this party was for me to meet, and hopefully impress, the smokeshow I had shamefully walked by in my underwear on move-in day.
2012, Eric Kester, That Book about Harvard: Surviving the World's Most Famous University, One Embarrassment at a Time
Origin
From smoke + show. Compare smoking (“sexually attractive”) and hot.
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APA
smokeshow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smokeshow
MLA
“smokeshow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smokeshow. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “smokeshow,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smokeshow.
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