Definitions for smudge
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. smudgenoun

   a smoky fire to drive away insects

2. smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slurverb

   a blemish made by dirt

   "he had a smudge on his cheek"

3. smear, blur, smudge, smutchverb

   make a smudge on; soil by smudging

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. smudgenoun

   A blemish; a smear.

   There was a smudge on the paper.

2. smudgenoun

   Dense smoke, such as that used for fumigation.

3. smudgeverb

   To obscure by blurring; to smear.

4. smudgeverb

   To soil or smear with dirt.

5. smudge

   To use dense smoke to protect from insects.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Smudgenoun

   a suffocating smoke

2. Smudgenoun

   a heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, or the like, in order, by the thick smoke, to keep off mosquitoes or other insects

3. Smudgenoun

   that which is smeared upon anything; a stain; a blot; a smutch; a smear

4. Smudgeverb

   to stifle or smother with smoke; to smoke by means of a smudge

5. Smudgeverb

   to smear; to smutch; to soil; to blacken with smoke

6. Etymology: [Cf. Dan. smuds smut, E. smutch, or smoke.]

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1. Smudge

   Smudge is an Australian rock band. Its frontman Tom Morgan is better known outside Australia as a songwriting collaborator of Evan Dando and his band The Lemonheads.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Smudge

   smuj, n. a spot, a stain: a choking smoke—v.t. to stifle: to fumigate with smoke.—n. Smud′ger, one who smudges: a plumber.—adj. Smud′gy, stained with smoke. [Scand., Sw. smuts, dirt, Dan. smuds, smut; Ger. schmutz.]

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1. smudge

   Song lyrics by smudge -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by smudge on the Lyrics.com website.

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How to pronounce smudge?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say smudge in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of smudge in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of smudge in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of smudge in a Sentence

1. Tiffany Ivan Spence:

   He came into my home and to me it looked just like a smudge, when I first saw Will, my instinct was to also hand him a wipe. It would have been common sense for any person who cares about children to help them if they didnt know they had that on their head.

2. David Letterman:

   I'm just trying to make a smudge on the collective unconscious.

3. Dave Durenberger:

   If there is a smudge on the Seal of the United States Senate, or on the Star of the North, as we like to call our state, I will work my hardest to polish both back to brightness.

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