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smudgings

smudgings is the plural of smudging.

Meaning of smudging

Noun

smudging (plural smudgings)

  1. The act of something being smudged.
  2. A stain or smear left by something being smudged.
    • Besides, the body paint would probably be visible on the sheets as dark smudgings, since the films were merely in black and white.2004, Mark Thompson, Leather Folk: Radical Sex, People, Politics, and Practice, page 88
  3. Suffumigation.
    • One of the most common forms of purification is done with smoke, using some kind of smoking or smudging.2002, Raven Kaldera, Tannin Schwartzstein, The Urban Primitive: Paganism in the Concrete Jungle, page 36

Questions about smudgings

What is smudgings the plural of?
Smudgings is the plural of smudging.

Words near smudgings in the dictionary

  1. smudgier
  2. smudgiest
  3. smudgily
  4. smudginess
  5. smudging
  6. smudgings
  7. smudgy
  8. smug
  9. smugfest
  10. smugfests
  11. smugged

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