smutches

noun

plural of smutch
as in stains

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  1. stains
  2. smudges
  3. blobs
  4. blots
  5. moles
  6. marks
  7. splashes
Noun
  • Rodent droppings and urine stains were found on the floors in the miscellaneous storage room, dry storage and bar.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Lacoste took inspiration straight from the tennis court, showing jeans with clay-like stains.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of stains
Noun
  • Clean regularly because frequent care keeps stainless steel bright and reduces smudges.
    — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Freshen Stainless Steel Coconut oil can be a great product for cleaning stainless steel, says home and pool expert Jeremy Yamaguchi, CEO of Cabana—specifically to remove fingerprints and smudges.
    — Emily Hayes, Martha Stewart, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of smudges
Noun
  • The objects looked like fuzzy blobs like comets, but didn't move like a comet.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • And while Muse’s cuddly bear mascot and Dots’ anthropomorphized blobs feel like obvious attempts to capture a wider consumer audience, Instinct feels markedly different.
    — Allison Johnson, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of blobs
Noun
  • Dabbing the cloth in rubbing alcohol, working away the dirty blots on the glass, waiting for the haze in my head to focus, and a new line to come to me.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
  • One of the few blots on last summer’s Leeds copybook.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 26 May 2026
Definition of blots
Noun
  • Kristina Schiffman, the founder of UV Sense, told CBS News the company uses AI to educate people about their skin, including a tool for analyzing and tracking moles and other conditions.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Picking may be directed at healthy skin, hair, scalp, pimples, or moles.
    — Elizabeth Siegel, Allure, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of moles
Noun
  • In air traffic communications, the Delta pilot asked the tower to have medical personnel waiting at the gate to treat bite marks and a bloody nose, but said ambulances were not necessary.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Last spring’s event swelled by roughly 10% in both attendance and revenue over the previous year, setting new high marks, Treefort co-founder Eric Gilbert told the Idaho Statesman.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of marks
Noun
  • The apron is built to take a beating—oils and rogue splashes barely register, practically rolling right off the surface.
    — Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Jazz fusion keyboardist George Duke, however, plays wild splashes of melody on an electric piano in the empty spaces between Waits’s lines.
    — Al Shipley, SPIN, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of splashes
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