Meaning

7 senses
  1. Someone who smears.

    Someone who spreads a substance across a surface.

  2. (derogatory)Someone who tries to damage another's reputation through slander or innuendo.

  3. (derogatory)An unskillful painter.

    Pinseler, Kleckser, Schmierer

  4. (Scotland, historical)A worker employed to apply a tar-based salve to sheep to protect their skin during the winter.

  5. Something used for smearing.

  6. A circuit used to eliminate the overshoot of a pulse.

  7. Someone who smears.

    (derogatory, obsolete)A person without skill or education who attempts to cure diseases.

Translations

4 languages
Deutsch
unskillful painter:

Origin

From smear + -er.

From smear + -er.

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Forms

plural: smearers
Singularsmearer
Pluralsmearers

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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