Definitions
an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
Word origin
From Middle English smeren, smerien, from Old English smerian, smyrian, smierwan (“to anoint or rub with grease, oil, etc.”), from Proto-West Germanic *smirwijan, from Proto-Germanic *smirwijaną. Doublet of schmear.
Used in a sentence
“The artist smeared paint over the canvas in broad strokes.”
“In general, all bodies whose surfaces are even will […] stick to each other, and if a liquid be smeared over either surface, their cohesion will be still the stronger.”
“A person smeared with the excrement of a mouse was rendered impotent, according to Pliny the Elder.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Spread a substance messily”5 letters
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