Associations to the word «Smudge»

Wiktionary

SMUDGE, noun. A blemish; a smear.
SMUDGE, noun. Dense smoke, such as that used for fumigation.
SMUDGE, noun. (US) A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, etc. to keep off mosquitoes or other insects.
SMUDGE, noun. (neopaganism) (especially in the phrase "smudge stick" = "stick of incense") A quantity of herbs used in suffumigation.
SMUDGE, verb. To obscure by blurring; to smear.
SMUDGE, verb. To soil or smear with dirt.
SMUDGE, verb. To use dense smoke to protect from insects.
SMUDGE, verb. To stifle or smother with smoke.
SMUDGE, verb. (paganism) (intransitive) To burn herbs as a cleansing ritual (suffumigation).
SMUDGE, verb. (paganism) (transitive) To subject to ritual burning of herbs (suffumigation, smudging).
SMUDGE ATTACK, noun. A method used to crack the password of a touchscreen device by analyzing the oily smears left on the device's screen by the user's fingers.
SMUDGE POT, noun. An oil-burning device used to prevent frost on fruit trees.
SMUDGE POT, noun. A pot of tar and oil burned to produce thick noxious smoke to discourage pests.
SMUDGE POTS, noun. Plural of smudge pot

Dictionary definition

SMUDGE, noun. A smoky fire to drive away insects.
SMUDGE, noun. A blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek".
SMUDGE, verb. Make a smudge on; soil by smudging.

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