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cul-de-sac smear(medicine)
Pap smear(health)
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smear(1)(dictionary)
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smear 1, noun (oh)



[Language: Old English; Origin: smeoru 'fatty material']
a dirty mark made by a small amount of something spread across a surface
smear of
::a smear of paint
::It left a black smear on his arm.
BrE a smear test
an untrue story about a politician or other important person that is told in order to make people lose respect for them - used especially in newspapers
-- smeary adj
::a smeary glass