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Plural of smudge

regular plural

The plural of smudge is smudges.

Forms of smudge

Singularsmudge /smʌd͡ʒ/
Pluralsmudges
Countablecountable and uncountable

Smudges in a sentence

  • The use of smoke (or "smudges") against the attack of the mosquito is well understood in America and elsewhere.1901 May 24, H. Watkins-Pitchford, “Horse-sickness investigation”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 6, page...
  • Several water smudges and an obvious attempt to wipe them away dotted across the paper.2012, Jim Tuggle, Beyond the Pale, →ISBN. From the entry check-out time
  • Touch screens are touched, so oily residues, or smudges, remain on the screen as a side effect.2010 August 9, Adam J. Aviv, Katherine Gibson, Evan Mossop, Matt Blaze, Jonathan M. Smith, “Smudge Attacks on Smartphone Touch Screens”…. From the entry smudge attack
  • I told you there were finger print smudges on the underledge of the exhibit.1951, New York Supreme Court, page 469. From the entry underledge
  • Latent smudges may be usable to infer recently and frequently touched areas of the screen – a form of information leakage.2010 August 9, Adam J. Aviv, Katherine Gibson, Evan Mossop, Matt Blaze, Jonathan M. Smith, “Smudge Attacks on Smartphone Touch Screens”…. From the entry smudge attack

Meaning of smudge

  1. noun A blemish or smear, especially a dark or sooty one.
  2. noun Dense smoke, such as that used for fumigation.
  3. noun A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, etc. to keep off mosquitoes or other insects.

Full definition of smudge

Questions about the plural of smudge

What is the plural of smudge?
The plural of smudge is smudges.
Is smudge countable?
Smudge is a countable and uncountable noun.

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