smear Definition

smear
verb smeared, smearing

1. To spread (something sticky or oily) thickly over (a surface).

Thesaurus: spread, apply, paint, cover, coat.
tr & intr
2. To make or become blurred; to smudge.
3. To say or write abusive and damaging things about someone.

Thesaurus: slander, malign, insult, libel, defame, stain, tarnish, blacken, soil, vilify.

noun

1. A greasy mark or patch.
2. A damaging criticism or accusation; a slur.

Thesaurus: distortion, lie, deception, slander, libel, fabrication.
3. An amount of a substance, especially of cervical tissue, placed on a slide for examination under a microscope.
4. colloq
A cervical smear.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon smeru fat, grease.