Blurred as by being rubbed.

simple past tense and past 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.

plural of smudge

present participle of smudge

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

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.