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smutches

smutches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of smutch.

smutches is the plural of smutch.

Meaning of smutch

Verb

smutch (third-person singular simple present smutches, present participle smutching, simple past and past participle smutched)

  1. To soil, stain or smudge.
    • Why, that’s my bawcock. What, hast smutch’d thy nose?
      They say it is a copy out of mine.c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
    Synonyms:
    befoul, sully, tarnish, assoil, beclart, bedaub, bedirty, imbrue (especially with blood), bedizen, befile

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Questions about smutches

What is smutches the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Smutches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of smutch.

Words near smutches in the dictionary

  1. smut fungus
  2. smut-ball
  3. smut-balls
  4. smutch
  5. smutched
  6. smutches
  7. smutchin
  8. smutching
  9. smutchy
  10. smutfest
  11. smutfests

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