smurf
/smɜːf/
smurf noun: a blue pixie with a white stocking cap, from the media franchise The Smurfs.
Noun
smurf (plural smurfs or (rare) smurves)
- A blue pixie with a white stocking cap, from the media franchise The Smurfs.
- He occasionally used the proper noun of the restaurant as an adverb, the way a Smurf would.2021 December 8, Geraldine DeRuiter, “Bros., Lecce: We Eat at The Worst Michelin Starred Restaurant, Ever”, in The Everywhereist
- A smurf account or its user.
- A smurf attack.
- One member of a team, each of whom acquires a small amount of money or ingredients for manufacturing drugs, keeping the transactions too small in order to not raise suspicion.
- Each smurf goes to different banks and purchases cashier's checks in denominations of less than $ 10,000, thus bypassing the reporting requirement.1998, Michael D. Lyman, Gary W. Potter, Drugs in Society: Causes, Concepts, and Control, page 202
- Once the checks and money orders were purchased, the smurfs delivered them to Barrera, who arranged deposits of multiple checks and money orders into bank accounts that he controlled for further transfer to accounts in Panama, Colombia, and elsewhere.2001, Robert E. Grosse, Drugs and Money: Laundering Latin America's Cocaine Dollars, page 73
Verb
smurf (third-person singular simple present smurfs, present participle smurfing, simple past and past participle smurfed)
- Used to replace any other verb, as is typical of smurfs.
- To split a large financial transaction into smaller ones so as to avoid scrutiny; to carry out structuring.
- To carry out a smurf attack against someone.
- To use a smurf account.
- To perform exceptionally well, as if using a smurf account, playing much inferior opponents.
- He has been absolutely smurfing this season.
- Oh my god, he smurfed that fight so hard!
- To perform exceptionally well, as if using a smurf account, playing much inferior opponents.
smurf meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
smurf in Hindi
- स्मर्फ, स्मुर्फ
smurf in Tamil
- ஸ்மர்ஃப், ஸ்முர்ஃப்
smurf in Marathi
- स्मर्फ, स्मुर्फ, स्मर्फ करण्यासाठी
smurf in Bengali
- স্মার্ফ, স্মারফ, স্মার্ফ করার জন্য
More languagesFewer languages
- smurf in Telugu
- స్మర్ఫ్, స్ముర్ఫ్, స్మర్ఫ్ చేయడానికి
- smurf in Malayalam
- സ്മർഫ്, സ്മൂർഫ്, സ്മുർഫ്
- smurf in Kannada
- ಸ್ಮರ್ಫ್, ಸ್ಮುರ್ಫ್, ಸ್ಮರ್ಫ್ ಮಾಡಲು
- smurf in Punjabi
- ਸਮੁਰਫ, ਸਮੁਰਫ਼
- smurf in Gujarati
- સ્મર્ફ, સ્મુર્ફ
- smurf in Odia
- ସ୍ମର୍ଫ, ସ୍ମୁର୍ଫ, ସ୍ମର୍ଫ୍
- smurf in Nepali
- स्मर्फ, स्मुर्फ, स्मर्फ गर्न
- smurf in Arabic
- سَنْفُور sanfūr, سَنَافِر sanāfir
- smurf in Thai
- สเมิร์ฟ sà-mə̂əf
- smurf in Vietnamese
- xì trum
Forms of smurf
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | smurfs |
| plural (rare) | smurves |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | smurfs |
| present participle | smurfing |
| past participle | smurfed |
| past | smurfed |
Origin of smurf
Borrowed from Dutch smurf (via the Belgian comic De Smurfen, a translation of French Les Schtroumpfs), from French schtroumpf, a word that was created by Peyo based on German Strumpf (literally “stocking, sock”) while he was having dinner, either simply because it sounds funny to the French ear or based on a regional German use for “idiot”. Armand van Raalte was an employee for the Belgian publisher of Peyo's stories who felt that schtroumpf would not have the same effect in Dutch, so he tried to find a simple word that could be used both as a noun and a verb. The result was smurf. In other languages, the term was similarly altered; compare the translations below.
Words formed from smurf
Phrases with smurf
Words that rhyme with smurf
Questions about smurf
- What does smurf mean?
- Smurf means a blue pixie with a white stocking cap, from the media franchise The Smurfs.
- What is smurf in Hindi?
- Smurf in Hindi is स्मर्फ, स्मुर्फ. See Smurf meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is smurf?
- Smurf can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce smurf?
- Smurf is pronounced /smɜːf/.
- What is the plural of smurf?
- The plural of smurf is smurfs.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: smurf (page history and authors); smurf (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); smurf (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); smurf (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); smurf (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); smurf (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); smurf (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); smurf (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); smurf (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); smurf (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); smurf (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); smurf (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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