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SMUTCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does smutch mean?
• SMUTCH (verb)
The verb SMUTCH has 1 sense:
1. make a smudge on; soil by smudging
Familiarity information: SMUTCH used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make a smudge on; soil by smudging
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
Hypernyms (to "smutch" is one way to...):
rub (move over something with pressure)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "smutch"):
resmudge (smudge again)
dust (rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence examples:
The children smutch the paper with grease
The children smutch grease onto the paper
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