smudge

1. 1.

   make a smudge on; soil by smudging

   Synonymssmearblursmutch

   Broaderrub

   Narrowerresmudgedust

Other forms of smudge

plural

smudges·

past tense

smudged·

present participle

smudging·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about smudge

What does smudge mean?

smudge means "a smoky fire to drive away insects". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in smudge?

smudge has 1 syllable: smudge. In IPA it is /ˈsmʌdʒ/.

What is another word for smudge?

Close synonyms include spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is smudge a common word?

smudge is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.