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How to pronounce smudge in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms blur, smear, smutch
Type of rub
Has types dust, resmudge
Type Words
Synonyms blot, daub, slur, smear, smirch, spot
Type of defect, mar, blemish
Has types fingerprint, inkblot, blotch, fingermark, splodge, splotch
Derivation smudgy


he had a smudge on his cheek.
Type Words
Type of fire

Examples of smudge

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Move two stars over on the top row, then up, and you will see a smudge of light.
From the post-gazette.com
A little smudge on your finger is all you need for amazing color that stays put.
From the ocregister.com
They are attractive and trendy but very difficult to keep clean and smudge-free.
From the al.com
Men are allowed to be dirty, and we're back to the smudge on James Bond's cheek.
From the independent.co.uk
After a smudge on such iconic moments, the remainder of the piece felt sullied.
From the timesunion.com
Miraculously, she never breaks a heel or acquires a smudge on her white clothing.
From the sfgate.com
Recent incidents also are another huge smudge on a record already full of them.
From the kansas.com
There's leather to sit on, chrome to smudge and rubbery nubs to finger and press.
From the guardian.co.uk
It's the little things that count-a stray hair, a piece of lint, a smudge of mud.
From the time.com
More examples
  • A smoky fire to drive away insects
  • Smear: make a smudge on; soil by smudging
  • A blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"
  • Smudge is an Australian indie / country-rock / power-pop band. Its frontman Tom Morgan is better known outside Australia as a songwriting collaborator of Evan Dando and his band The Lemonheads.
  • The Blue Peter pets are the animals who regularly appear on the BBC children's television series Blue Peter. For 27 years, when not on TV, these pets were often looked after by Blue Peter's long-standing pet keeper, Edith Menezes who died in 1994. ...
  • Smudge (died 2000) was a feline that became a minor celebrity in Glasgow.
  • Smudge was a comic strip appearing in the British comic The Beano, drawn by John Geering. The title character described himself as 'the scruffiest boy in town and proud of it', relishing any opportunity to get filthy. His main rival was the snooty Percival Primm. ...
  • (Smudger) This article lists the standard gauge Railway Engine characters of the Television Series Thomas and Friends (formerly Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends). These are the characters that run on the Fat Controller's railway.
  • A blemish; a smear; Dense smoke, such as that used for fumigation; To obscure by blurring; to smear; To soil or smear with dirt; To use dense smoke to protect from insects