- 1[transitive, intransitive] smudge (something) to touch or rub something, especially wet ink or paint, so that it is no longer clear; to become not clear in this way He had smudged his signature with his sleeve. Tears had smudged her mascara. Her lipstick had smudged.
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- 2[transitive] smudge something to make a dirty mark on a surface The mirror was smudged with fingerprints.
smudge
verbNAmE//smʌdʒ//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they smudge he / she / it smudges
past simple smudged
-ing form smudging
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