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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A false attack.
  • A mark made by smearing.
  • medicine A Pap smear.

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Verb:

  • intransitive To become spread by smearing.
  • transitive To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about an individual, their statements, or their actions.
  • transitive To have a substance smeared on (a surface).
  • transitive To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.

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