Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

smudger

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English

Syllables: smudger
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who, or that which, smudges.

noun

A photographer.

British usage; Dated; Slang

name

A nickname of the surname Smith.

Australian usage; British usage

Example Sentences

"Servile smudgers of history, prattling about an Emil Ludwig and a Thomas Mann season — meaning the Weimar period — as if it had produced me and as if I had used the Republic for a background!"
"The tools can get rather exotic - spinners, rubber stamps, airbrush, smudgers, and so on."
"Smudger An old term for a photographer, one that alludes to dodgy developing."

Etymology

From smudge + -er.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: smudge

Usage

Inflected Forms

smudgers (plural)

Questions

What does smudger mean?: One who, or that which, smudges.
Where does smudger come from?: From smudge + -er.

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