smear
IPA: smˈɪr
noun
- A mark made by smearing.
- (countable, uncountable) A false or unsupported, malicious statement intended to injure a person's reputation.
- (biology) A preparation to be examined under a microscope, made by spreading a thin layer of a substance (such as blood, bacterial culture) on a slide.
- (medicine) A Pap smear (screening test for cervical cancer).
- (radio, television, uncountable) Any of various forms of distortion that make a signal harder to see or hear.
- (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.
verb
- (transitive) To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
- (transitive) To cover (a surface with a layer of some substance) by rubbing.
- (transitive) To make something dirty.
- (transitive) (of a substance, etc.) To make a surface dirty by covering it.
- (transitive) To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about them, their statements, or their actions.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be messy or not clear by rubbing and spreading it.
- (intransitive) To become messy or not clear by being spread.
- (transitive) To write or draw (something) by spreading a substance on a surface.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be a particular colour by covering with a substance.
- (transitive) To rub (a body part, etc.) across a surface.
- (transitive) To attempt to remove (a substance) from a surface by rubbing.
- (climbing) To climb without using footholds, using the friction from the shoe to stay on the wall.
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Examples of "smear" in Sentences
- She tried to smear cream on her face.
- It is trying to smear the credibility of the word.
- A baby smeared melted chocolate all over the wall.
- The use of this word in political parlance is to smear.
- Additionally, the grain of the paper smears out the ink.
- In the past, the residual smear was removed by wet etching.
- It looks like an attempt to smear the subject of the article.
- Lets not smear the former group with the taint of the latter.
- From a smear of ambergris he concludes that the criminal was a woman
- And the first one we've performed here is what we term smear negative.
- The devotees smear the dust of the place to seek the blessing of the saint.
- Plus, Rush Limbaugh auctioning off what he calls a smear letter from the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid.
- Rush Limbaugh now selling what he calls a smear letter from the Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for more than $2 million.
- She ran Michael Dukakis 'campaign, deploring this late-minute what she call smear and insisting "The L.A. Times" apologize.
- This week Regan hit News Corp. with a $100 million lawsuit over what she calls a smear campaign and she makes one particularly explosive charge.
- They want an apology from the Roman Catholic leader for what they call a smear character assassination of the Prophet Mohammed and a smear campaign.
- Putin said he decided to stay away because of what he called a smear campaign against FIFA voters that created doubts about the decision even before it was made.
- More like “The smear starts here, constantly recited without any evidence, and when I am refuted, I call the watchdogs ‘vile’ and ’smear machines’ to motivate my braindead viewers/listeners to do what I want them to do.”