smokey (bear)

smokey (bear)

slang Code for a state trooper or police officer used on citizens band (CB) radio, especially by long-haul truckers. Alludes to the style of hat that many state troopers wear, which is also worn by Smokey Bear, the character used to promote wildfire prevention. Anyone got their ears on? Just spotted a smokey off the junction to I-75 junction. A: "Watch out for smokey bears heading into Derby City." B: "10-4."
See also: smokey
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

Smokey

verb
See Smokey the Bear

Smokey (the Bear)

n. a highway patrol officer; a police officer. (see also bear, lady bear.) A Smokey was hiding behind a billboard!
See also: bear, Smokey
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • Smokey the Bear
  • lap of the gods
  • in good/poor/etc. state of repair
  • yellow state
  • red state
  • regress
  • regress to
  • regress to (something)
  • be in a sorry state
  • relapse