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smudge
[smuhj]
noun
a dirty mark or smear.
a smeary state.
a stifling smoke.
a smoky fire, especially one made for driving away mosquitoes or safeguarding fruit trees from frost.
verb (used with object)
to mark with dirty streaks or smears.
to fill with smudge, as to drive away insects or protect fruit trees from frost.
verb (used without object)
to form a smudge on something.
to become smudged.
White shoes smudge easily.
to smolder or smoke; emit smoke, as a smudge pot.
smudge
/ smʌdʒ /
verb
to smear, blur, or soil or cause to do so
(tr) to fill (an area) with smoke in order to drive insects away or guard against frost
noun
a smear or dirty mark
a blurred form or area
that smudge in the distance is a quarry
a smoky fire for driving insects away or protecting fruit trees or plants from frost
Other Word Forms
- smudgeless adjective
- smudgily adverb
- smudgedly adverb
- unsmudged adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of smudge1
Word History and Origins
Origin of smudge1
Example Sentences
In truth, there have been enough fingerprints on UCLA’s resurgence to leave countless smudge marks.
The two women move around the room, burning herbs and shaking shamanic rattles while singing and chanting in a purification ritual known as "smudging".
I was more than a little impressed, especially when it occurred to me that Nathaniel’s grimy, smudged violin was missing two of the four strings.
In front of a red velvet curtain with smudged mascara and a crystal teardrop on her cheek, Del Rio delivered a moving a cappella performance of “Llorando,” a Spanish-language take of Roy Orbison’s “Crying.”
While we followed the police, we could see the boat – a thin black smudge on a milky sea – to our left.
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