Pronunciation Verb
smear (smears, present participle smearing; past and past participle smeared)
- (transitive) To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
- The artist smeared paint over the canvas in broad strokes.
- (transitive) To have a substance smeared on (a surface).
- She smeared her lips with lipstick.
- (transitive) To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about an individual, their statements, or their actions.
- ''The opposition party attempted to smear the candidate by spreading incorrect and unverifiable rumors about their personal behavior.
- (intransitive) To become spread by smearing.
- The paint is still wet — don't touch it or it will smear.
- (climbing) To climb without using footholds, using the friction from the shoe to stay on the wall.
- French: badigeonner
- German: schmieren
- Italian: ungere, spalmare, imbrattare, sbavare
- Portuguese: lambuzar, untar
- Russian: разма́зывать
- Spanish: manchar, untar, embadurnar, aplicar
- German: beschmieren
- Italian: ricoprire
- Russian: ма́зать
- Spanish: untar, cubrir
- French: diffamer
- German: diffamieren, verleumden
- Italian: macchiare, diffamare, denigrare
- Portuguese: manchar
- Russian: мара́ть
- Spanish: embarrar, manchar la reputación, difamar
smear
- A mark made by smearing.
- This detergent cleans windows without leaving smears.
- (radio, television, uncountable) Any of various forms of distortion that make a signal harder to see or hear.
- 1954, Radio & Television News: Radio-electronic engineering section
- In television terms, a certain amount of smear, ringing, and anticipatory overshoot are indigenous to VSB transmission.
- 1972, Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports
- Results show the reduction in intelligibility produced by changing the filter condition was much greater than reductions caused by altering smear duration.
- 1954, Radio & Television News: Radio-electronic engineering section
- (medicine) A Pap smear.
- I'm going to the doctor's this afternoon for a smear.
- A false attack.
- (climbing) A maneuver in which the shoe is placed onto the holdless rock, and the friction from the shoe keeps it in contact
- (music) A rough glissando in jazz music.
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