Definition of Smear

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Definition of Smear

Smear

To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil.

To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy.

A fat, oily substance; oinment.

Hence, a spot made by, or as by, an unctuous or adhesive substance; a blot or blotch; a daub; a stain.

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Smear Quotations

Now that I have called you on your false accusation, you are using additional smear tactics.
George Soros

A good interpreter can take a piece of bad music and make it sound pretty decent, while a bad interpreter can take good music and make it sound cheap. I can tell that some people have a bad taste, and unlike on the piano, they smear around a lot, that is bad taste.
Ruggiero Ricci

The problem with smear campaigns is that too often they work.
Mark Shields

You can't smear acrylics, you know, it dries too fast.
Howard Finster

Smear Translations

smear in Dutch is smeren, sauzen, doorsmeren, besmeren
smear in Finnish is voidella
smear in German is schmieren
smear in Italian is ingrassare
smear in Portuguese is mancha
smear in Spanish is untar
smear in Swedish is smeta

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