Main Entry: ²smear

Function: transitive verb

Date: before 12th century

1 a : to overspread with something unctuous, viscous, or adhesive : daub <smeared the paper with glue> b : to spread over a surface
2 a : to stain, smudge, or dirty by or as if by smearing b : sully, besmirch; specifically : to vilify especially by secretly and maliciously spreading grave charges and imputations
3 : to obliterate, obscure, blur, blend, wipe out, or defeat by or as if by smearing

— smear·er noun