smudge Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a smoky fire to drive away insects
  2. noun a blemish made by dirt
    smirch; blot; slur; smear; spot; daub.
    • he had a smudge on his cheek
  3. verb make a smudge on; soil by smudging
    smear; smutch; blur.

WordNet

Smudge noun
Etymology
Cf. Dan. smuds smut, E. smutch, or smoke.
Definitions
  1. A suffocating smoke. Grose.
  2. A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, or the like, in order, by the thick smoke, to keep off mosquitoes or other insects. U. S. Bartlett.
  3. That which is smeared upon anything; a stain; a blot; a smutch; a smear. smudge pot, a device containing combustibles which burns smokily, used by farmers to inhibit damage to crops caused by frost.
Smudge transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Smudged ; present participle & verbal noun Smudging
Definitions
  1. To stifle or smother with smoke; to smoke by means of a smudge.
  2. To smear; to smutch; to soil; to blacken with smoke.

Webster 1913