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Definition of Smudge
1. Verb. Make a smudge on; soil by smudging. "The children smudge grease onto the paper"
Generic synonyms: Rub
Specialized synonyms: Resmudge, Dust
Derivative terms: Smear
2. Noun. A smoky fire to drive away insects.
3. Noun. A blemish made by dirt. ; "He had a smudge on his cheek"
Generic synonyms: Blemish, Defect, Mar
Specialized synonyms: Blotch, Splodge, Splotch, Fingermark, Fingerprint, Inkblot
Derivative terms: Blot, Blot, Smear, Smear, Smirch, Smudgy, Spot, Spot
Definition of Smudge
1. n. A suffocating smoke.
2. v. t. To stifle or smother with smoke; to smoke by means of a smudge.
Definition of Smudge
1. Noun. A blemish; a smear. ¹
2. Noun. Dense smoke, such as that used for fumigation. ¹
3. Verb. To obscure by blurring; to smear. ¹
4. Verb. To soil or smear with dirt. ¹
5. Verb. To use dense smoke to protect from insects. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Smudge
1. to smear or dirty [v SMUDGED, SMUDGING, SMUDGES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Smudge
Literary usage of Smudge
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Camps and Tramps in the Adirondacks, and Grayling Fishing in Northern by Ansel Judd Northrup (1880)
"you careless fellows," sang out the Captain; " you forgot the smudge! ...
At last,—the smudge aiding—our senses succumbed, and eight men slept. ..."
2. Bulletin by United States Weather Bureau (1895)
"The best results will be obtained from as small fires as will result in burning
the prunings. PORTABLE smudge FIRES. ..."
3. A Handbook of Games and Programs for Church, School, and Home by William Ralph La Porte (1922)
"smudge Boxing: Box with gloves covered with black smudge. Other boxing contests
are (i) Boxing, contestants standing in barrels. (2) Blindfold contestants. ..."
4. The Irrigation Age by American Irrigation Federation (1896)
"In using smudge fires it should be understood that the heat of the tire has but
... The efficiency of smudge fires may be greatly increased by spraying them ..."
5. Societies of the Plains Indians by Clark Wissler (1916)
"and a smudge made. The tongues are boiled all day and in the evening added to the
... A young single man is called upon to tend the smudge, light the pipes, ..."
6. Masques and Mummers: Essays on the Theatre of Here and Now by Charles Frederic Nirdlinger (1899)
"THE POTENCY OF smudge A curious person who signs himself or herself "A Student
of the Stage " asks me to name, offhand, the greatest artist on the boards in ..."
7. Manual of Plant Diseases by Paul Sorauer, Gustav Lindau, Ludwig Reh, Frances Dorrance (1922)
"smudge.. All these preventative methods may not be used universally in agriculture,
but the use of smudges which Mayer* has rescued from oblivion, ..."
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