plural of smudge

The act of something being smudged. / A stain or smear left by something being smudged. / (paganism) Suffumigation.

present participle of smudge

A blemish or smear, especially a dark or sooty one. / Dense smoke, such as that used for fumigation.

To obscure by blurring; to smear. / To soil or smear with dirt. / To use dense smoke to protect from insects. / To stifle or smother with smoke.

Blurred as by being rubbed.

simple past tense and past participle of smudge

plural of smudging

plural of smudge pot

Kerosene flares with round bottoms and wicks in a protected cage. They were once used to mark highway construction sites and functioned as utility flares.