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Meaning of "smutch" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SMUTCH

Probably from Middle High German smutzen to soil.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SMUTCH

smutch  [smʌtʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SMUTCH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Smutch is a verb and can also act as 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.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb smutch in English.

WHAT DOES SMUTCH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of smutch in the English dictionary

The first definition of smutch in the dictionary is to smudge; mark. Other definition of smutch is a mark; smudge. Smutch is also soot; dirt.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SMUTCH

PRESENT

Present
I smutch
you smutch
he/she/it smutches
we smutch
you smutch
they smutch
Present continuous
I am smutching
you are smutching
he/she/it is smutching
we are smutching
you are smutching
they are smutching
Present perfect
I have smutched
you have smutched
he/she/it has smutched
we have smutched
you have smutched
they have smutched
Present perfect continuous
I have been smutching
you have been smutching
he/she/it has been smutching
we have been smutching
you have been smutching
they have been smutching
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I smutched
you smutched
he/she/it smutched
we smutched
you smutched
they smutched
Past continuous
I was smutching
you were smutching
he/she/it was smutching
we were smutching
you were smutching
they were smutching
Past perfect
I had smutched
you had smutched
he/she/it had smutched
we had smutched
you had smutched
they had smutched
Past perfect continuous
I had been smutching
you had been smutching
he/she/it had been smutching
we had been smutching
you had been smutching
they had been smutching
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will smutch
you will smutch
he/she/it will smutch
we will smutch
you will smutch
they will smutch
Future continuous
I will be smutching
you will be smutching
he/she/it will be smutching
we will be smutching
you will be smutching
they will be smutching
Future perfect
I will have smutched
you will have smutched
he/she/it will have smutched
we will have smutched
you will have smutched
they will have smutched
Future perfect continuous
I will have been smutching
you will have been smutching
he/she/it will have been smutching
we will have been smutching
you will have been smutching
they will have been smutching
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would smutch
you would smutch
he/she/it would smutch
we would smutch
you would smutch
they would smutch
Conditional continuous
I would be smutching
you would be smutching
he/she/it would be smutching
we would be smutching
you would be smutching
they would be smutching
Conditional perfect
I would have smutch
you would have smutch
he/she/it would have smutch
we would have smutch
you would have smutch
they would have smutch
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been smutching
you would have been smutching
he/she/it would have been smutching
we would have been smutching
you would have been smutching
they would have been smutching
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you smutch
we let´s smutch
you smutch
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to smutch
Past participle
smutched
Present Participle
smutching
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SMUTCH


clutch
klʌtʃ
clutches
klʌtʃ
crutch
krʌtʃ
cutch
kʌtʃ
declutch
dɪˈklʌtʃ
double-clutch
ˌdʌb əlˈklʌtʃ
dutch
dʌtʃ
hutch
hʌtʃ
inasmuch
ˌɪnəzˈmʌtʃ
insomuch
ˌɪnsəʊˈmʌtʃ
Kutch
kʌtʃ
much
mʌtʃ
mutch
mʌtʃ
nonesuch
ˈnʌnˌsʌtʃ
nonsuch
ˈnʌnˌsʌtʃ
overmuch
ˌəʊvəˈmʌtʃ
retouch
riːˈtʌtʃ
scutch
skʌtʃ
such
sʌtʃ
touch
tʌtʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SMUTCH

smuggle
smuggler
smuggling
smuggling ring
smugly
smugness
smur
smurfing
smurred
smurring
smurry
smush
smut
smutchy
Smuts
smutted
smuttily
smuttiness
smutting
smutty

WORDS THAT END LIKE SMUTCH

butch
Cape Dutch
centrifugal clutch
double Dutch
fluid clutch
friction clutch
go Dutch
Gulf of Cutch
Gulf of Kutch
in Dutch
Middle Dutch
nautch
Old Dutch
Pennsylvania Dutch
rabbit hutch
Rann of Cutch
Rann of Kutch
South African Dutch
the Dutch
the Pennsylvania Dutch

Synonyms and antonyms of smutch in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «smutch» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SMUTCH

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

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污迹
1,325 millions of speakers

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smutch
570 millions of speakers

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smutch
510 millions of speakers

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smutch
380 millions of speakers
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لطخ
280 millions of speakers

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smutch
278 millions of speakers

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smutch
270 millions of speakers

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smutch
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smutch
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Smutch
190 millions of speakers

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smutch
180 millions of speakers

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smutch
130 millions of speakers

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smutch
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Smakin
85 millions of speakers
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smutch
80 millions of speakers

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smutch
75 millions of speakers

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साखळी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

lekelemek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

smutch
65 millions of speakers

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smutch
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

smutch
40 millions of speakers

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smutch
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

smutch
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

smutch
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

smutch
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

smutch
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of smutch

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SMUTCH»

The term «smutch» is used very little and occupies the 161.060 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SMUTCH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «smutch» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «smutch» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SMUTCH»

Discover the use of smutch in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to smutch and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Techniques of Child Therapy, Second Edition: Psychodynamic ...
"Here go those 'smutch' feelings again." "This story has a lot of 'smutch' action." The word "smutch" is my metaphor for smashing, sadistic feelings. These comments are not delivered in a play voice, but in the therapist's natural observing ego ...
Morton Chethik, 2003
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The Career of Puffer Hopkins
I was a-walking about that time, at 9 o'elock in the evening," answered Mr. Sloat, coaxing his whisker, with his hand, and addressing himself to the jury, " along Madison-street, in company with officer Smutch, when we brushed a man in a grey ...
Cornelius Mathews, 1842
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Foreign Quarterly Review
I ! ' bawls Smutch, his feature: in your own ! — more Dr. Punever perseveres, and at length finding a lull, proceeds to read. THE CARVER COT UP. Mister Samuel Smutch had a strange lump Unclass'd by Spurzheim, and by (Jail unnoted ; A ...
‎1833
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The Metropolitan Magazine
Mort. Mote in my eyc—beam in your own !—more brandy! Dr. Punerer perseverer , and at length finding a lull, proeccds to read. THE CARVER CUT UP. Mister Samuel Smutch had a strange lump Unclass'd by Spurzheim, and by Gail unnoted; ...
‎1833
5
A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and ...
Probably a mere corruption of the former; a taste, a smattering. Thou art a fellow of a good respect, Thy life hath bad some smutch of honour in't. Jul. Cat. \. 5. He has some tmatch of a scholar, and yet uses Lntin very hardly. Earle's microcosm.
Robert Nares, 1822
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Shakespeare's Non-Standard English: A Dictionary of His ...
(KL 4.5.194, Lear) ; of uncertain origin but used to refer to men 1590-1650, OED Smug a.l [1551]; *'smooth, clear (of things)': the smug and Siluer Trent (1H4 3.1. 99, Hotspur), OED Smug a. 3; *smutch 'to blacken, smudge': has't smutch'd thy ...
Norman Blake, Norman Francis Blake, 2006
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
... ll snaffle smudge vb I syn SOIL 2, begrime, besoil, dirty, foul, grime, smirch, smooch, smutch, tarnish rel smear; blotch, splotch 2 syn SMEAR 1, bedaub, besmear, dab, daub, plaster, ||smarm 3 syn TAINT 1, besmirch, defile, dirty, smut, smutch ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1988
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The New And Complete Dictionary Of The English Language: In ...
Smutch (v. f. jrom Imut) To smut, to hack with smoke. Shakespeare. Smutch'ed f p. from smutch) Blacked with éoai. Smutch' ing ( p. a. from imutch) Biacking with soot or coal. Srrrafted (p. from smut) Marked with soot or coal, stained, poil u te d  ...
John Ash, 1775
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The Chambers Dictionary
vi to cheat. smouch4 smowch, n a form of smutch and smudge. smoulder smol' dar, vt to smother. — vr to burn slowly or without flame; to linger on in a suppressed or hidden state. — n smother; smouldering fire. — n and adj smouldering — «</ ...
Allied Chambers, 1998
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Etymologicon Universale: Or, Universal Etymological ...
In the same columns of Cotgrave, in which we have Maches and Macle, relating to the Mashes of a Net ; I see Macheure, "A black smutch, or smeare," &c MACHURer, "To black, smeare, " smutch," &c. Macule, "A Spot, blot, speck, speckle," &c.
Walter Whiter, 1825

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SMUTCH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term smutch is used in the context of the following news items.
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How Whitman Turned the World's “Specimens” Into an Electric Song
These “blood-smutch'd little notebooks” don't let us forget the war, but they don't let us forget the world that survived it either. In fact, this book wants to hold as ... «Slate Magazine, Jan 15»
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Room 220: Sheri Fink Headlines Jewish Book Festival with FIVE …
Five Days at Memorial is journalism in the same way that the observations Walt Whitman recorded in the “blood-smutch'd little note-books” he carried through ... «NOLA Defender, Nov 13»
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When Singing Requires Keeping a Straight Face
... the “wool of the beaver” line passed with nary a snicker, thanks in part to preparation, but also thanks to music's ability to transcend our best efforts to smutch it. «Voice of San Diego, Feb 13»
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Studies in Crap Ethel Cotton's 1960 Course in Conversation Will …
... studies_in_crap_conversation_course_woody_allen.jpg. Yes, knowing that this exercise later inspired Woody Allen does make Annie Hall that smutch better. «SF Weekly, Mar 12»
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OPASS Old Students Donate Computers To School
The items included one network printer, one Toshiba projector and screen, one network smutch, a set of network cables, toners, installation and training. «Modern Ghana, Nov 09»
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VAST NATIVE THOUGHTS
... “Song for Occupations”, “what vast native thoughts” were “looking through” the “smutch'd faces” of the men and women going about their work in his country. «Calcutta Telegraph, Feb 08»
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Fortschritt? Auf alle Felle!
Rico, Peppi, die Papageien Saphir und Smutch, das Minischwein Moritz und die Ratte Abraxas: Sie konkurrierten gestern bei Pflaumes Feiertagssendung "Der ... «Spiegel Online, May 05»

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