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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD INKY SMUDGE

Rhyming slang.
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PRONUNCIATION OF INKY SMUDGE

inky smudge play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INKY SMUDGE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Inky smudge is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INKY SMUDGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of inky smudge in the English dictionary

The definition of inky smudge in the dictionary is a judge.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INKY SMUDGE

inkhorn
inkhorn term
inkier
inkiest
inkiness
inking-pad
inkle
inkless
inklike
inkling
inkpad
inkpot
inkspot
inkstain
inkstand
inkstone
inkwell
inkwood
inky

WORDS THAT END LIKE INKY SMUDGE

activated sludge
adjudge
besmudge
budge
circuit judge
district court judge
drudge
fudge
grudge
judge
kludge
misjudge
mudge
nudge
prejudge
pudge
sludge
smudge
trial judge
trudge

Synonyms and antonyms of inky smudge in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «inky smudge» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INKY SMUDGE

Find out the translation of inky smudge to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of inky smudge from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «inky smudge» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

漆黑的污迹
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mancha de tinta
570 millions of speakers

English

inky smudge
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्याह धब्बा
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

لطخة حبري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

чернильно пятно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mancha de tinta
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আশ্চর্যজনক ক্ষত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tache d´encre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kotor
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

inky wisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

真っ黒な汚れ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

더러워진 얼룩
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Inky smudge
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

smudge kịt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Inky மந்தமான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

इनकॉइड स्डाजेस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Mürekkep lekesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

macchia inky
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

atramentowe rozmazywanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

чорнильно пляма
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pată de cerneală
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

inky μουτζούρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vol ink smet
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

inky kladda
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

inky smudge
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of inky smudge

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INKY SMUDGE»

The term «inky smudge» is used very little and occupies the 187.907 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INKY SMUDGE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about inky smudge

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INKY SMUDGE»

Discover the use of inky smudge in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to inky smudge and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Perhaps suggested by blotto, q.v. inky blue. "'A touch of the inky blue” means flu [ influenzal' (Muvver): rhyming 5.: later C.20. inky fingers. The Accountant staff; one of them: RN: since ca. 1920. (P-G-R.) Cf. ink-slinger, 2, q.v. inky smudge.
Eric Partridge, 2006
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Math Mysteries: Stories and Activities to Build ...
Lacy says he split them up equally among his friends Inky, Smudge, and Leddy. How many pencils did each friend get? 4 What could you do to answer the question? a. Multiply 27 times 3. b. Divide 27 by 3. e. Subtract 3 from 27. 5. Gina tracks ...
Jack Silbert, 1996
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The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
Eric Partridge. ink-spiller . A clerk: Cockney (–1887). cf. INK-SLINGER, 2. inky , adj., often as a one-word reply evasive of a direct answer; 'can't talk about it now!' Tailors': from ca 1860; ob. cf. S.E. dirty. inky smudge *. A judge: underworld ...
Eric Partridge, 2003
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Diamond Infatuated
The writing was reduced to an inky smudge. He tried to remember the numbers, but the combination he entered was not accepted: Access denied. IfMalcolm were to enter the code incorrectly again he would have only thirty seconds before an ...
Remona G. Tanner, 2014
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ERIC: AN ELF WITH A BIG CHARISMA
... Pete Tong - Wrong Glasgow Rangers - Stranger Hank Marvin - Starving Brass Band - Hand Doris Day - Gay Chalk Farm - Arm Inky Smudge -Judge Captain Hook - Book A Ducky Tale Eric was full of it today, nothing. 434445 A Pukka Tale.
Ronnie King, 2013
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Varieties of Darkness: The World of the English Patient
Half-past noon and forty miles southwest of Qasr Farafra's crumbling fortress, we reach Abu Mingar, “Father of a Beak,” an inky smudge in a quicksilver mirage. The Romans farmed here and, after seventeen hundred years we find the sear ...
Don Meredith, 2011
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Junkin'
In shadow now, it was just an inky smudge against the hillside. Back when he was working in Number 6, Benny sometimes would imagine the portal was a whale's mouth and he was Jonah, about to be swallowed up. A cable was stretched ...
Strat Douthat, 2012
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Tomorrow and Yesterday
For the past few weeks this youth whom Mother had taught him to call "Father" had appeared in his dreams. But then he looked quite different from the man in the picture— a figure with sagging shoulders who sat on an inky smudge as on a  ...
Heinrich Böll, 1996
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Whirlwind Bride
They both peered closely at the inky smudge on his skin. “What is that?” She eyed the horse's forehead, now sporting a pale gray spot where before there had been only black. Some black substance covered Prissy's white star. Susannah ...
Debra Cowan, 2012
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From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and Comic Books
Whereas, say, Superman's world was pastel-colored and filled with sunny, sketchily rendered backgrounds, Denny Colt's world was dripping with rainwater and the inky smudge of film noir. The larger than life, realistically detailed architecture, ...
Arie Kaplan, 2010

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INKY SMUDGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term inky smudge is used in the context of the following news items.
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Beyond 'best before' and 'sell by' - the smart labels of the future
It's simply unreasonable to assume that a consumer or someone who stocks shelves for a living can always read an inky smudge, calculate the ... «Food Dive, Oct 14»
2
This Shenmue fan remade a bunch of the game in HD, and it's …
'Shenmue HD' the fans whisper, crouched and rocking in the corner, their Dreamcast tattoos bleeding into an inky smudge over their hearts. «VG247, Aug 14»
3
5 Simple Daily Habits to Practice This New Year
Even better than the big inky smudge was the idea that, through the magic of something called “compound interest,” the money in this book ... «Entrepreneur, Jan 13»
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Justice Story: City editor Charles Chapin made his own news by …
But the city editor holds a special place, seated amid the inky smudge and shrill bawls at the center of a newsroom, trying to wrangle the ... «New York Daily News, Dec 11»
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Truth, Jawlines And The American Way: The Changing Face Of …
... the printing processes of the day from making it look like an inky smudge, a bug squashed between the pages. And whether he grows it short, ... «NPR, Dec 11»
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Goddard: Man Ray, Georgia O'Keeffe find common ground
... Photographs 1920-34, Picasso left – or placed – an enormous inky smudge hiding Ray's face. Ray's own self-portraiture is likewise evasive. «Toronto Star, Dec 09»

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