If you smudge a substance such as ink, paint, or make-up that has been put on a surface, you make it less neat by touching or rubbing it. Smudge the outline using a cotton-wool bud. [VERB noun] Her lipstick was smudged. [VERB-ed]
Definition of smudge noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
smudge /smʌdʒ/ n., v., smudged, smudg•ing. n. [countable] a dirty mark or smear: a few smudges on his face. v. [~ + object] to mark with dirty streaks or smears: His face was smudged with mud. to rub or wipe so as to smear: She didn't want to smudge her lipstick. smudg•y, adj., -i•er, -i•est.
Don't smudge the picture with your dirty hands! His face was smudged with grease. Charcoal drawings smudge easily. Be careful not to smudge [= smear] the ink.
smudge (countable and uncountable, plural smudges) A blemish or smear, especially a dark or sooty one. There was a smudge on the paper. Dense smoke, such as that used for fumigation. [1]
