Definition of Smarming

1. Verb. (present participle of smarm) ¹

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Definition of Smarming

1. smarm [v] - See also: smarm

Lexicographical Neighbors of Smarming

smalts
smaragd
smaragde
smaragdes
smaragdine
smaragdite
smaragdites
smaragds
smarm
smarmed
smarmier
smarmiest
smarmily
smarminess
smarminesses
smarming (current term)
smarms
smarmy
smart
smart-aleck
smart-alecky
smart-allecky
smart-money
smart alec
smart aleck
smart alecks
smart arse
smart as a whip

Literary usage of Smarming

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Suffolk Words and Phrases: Or, An Attempt to Collect the Lingual Localisms by Edward Moor (1823)
"... smarming. A confused noise, a din, a buzzing; such as is made by chattering or unruly children. " What a sharmin them there children dew keep. ..."

2. The Metropolitan (1844)
"The French have rallied, my liege; fresh forces are smarming into the field ; and if a veteran, grown grey in camp and battle, dare advise his monarch, ..."

3. The English Illustrated Magazine (1908)
"I'd often a longing to write out Jim's biography so far as l had known him personally, laying particular stress on his few virtues, and smarming over his ..."

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