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   Smudge

   /sməj/

   

   verb

   • 1. cause (something) to become messily smeared by rubbing it: "she dabbed her eyes, careful not to smudge her makeup" Similar streakmarkdirtyspotsoilmuddyfleckspeckblotchblackensmearstripedotblotblobdaubbedaubstaininformal:splotchsplodgeliterary:besmirchsmearstreakblurmess up
   • ▪ become smeared when rubbed: "mascaras that smudge or flake around the eyes" Similar smearstreakblurmess up
   • ▪ make blurred or indistinct: "the photograph had been smudged by the photocopier and was by no means as clear as the original"

   noun

   • 1. a blurred or smeared mark on the surface of something: "a smudge of blood on the floor"
   • ▪ an indistinct or blurred view or image: "the low smudge of hills on the horizon"

   Word Origin late Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘soil, stain’): of unknown origin. The noun dates from the late 18th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. smudgeless adjective

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