verb · transitive · rare

smurf

smurf · smurfs · smurfed · smurfing

Used to replace any other verb, as is typical of smurfsUsed to replace any other verb, as is typical of smurfs.

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/smɜːf/

» Why don't smurfs have a constitution?

Почему у смурфиков нет конституции?

Meaning

5 senses

(slang)Used to replace any other verb, as is typical of smurfs.
To split a large financial transaction into smaller ones so as to avoid scrutiny; to carry out structuring.
(transitive)To carry out a smurf attack against someone.
(Internet)To use a smurf account.
To use a smurf account.
(Internet, broadly, intransitive, transitive)To perform exceptionally well, as if using a smurf account, playing much inferior opponents.
He has been absolutely smurfing this season.
Oh my god, he smurfed that fight so hard!

Examples

13 sentences

Why don't smurfs have a constitution?
ruПочему у смурфиков нет конституции?
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It was really smurfy of you to smurf that sentence into English.
deEs war wirklich schlumpfig von dir, diesen Satz ins Englische zu schlumpfen!
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Which language do smurfs speak?
ruНа каком языке говорят смурфы?
deWelche Sprache sprechen Schlümpfe?
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Smurfs speak in what language?
ruНа каком языке говорят смурфы?
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He wanted to destroy the Smurfs.
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Origin

Borrowed from Dutch smurf (via the Belgian comic De Smurfen, a translation of French Les S

Borrowed from Dutch smurf (via the Belgian comic De Smurfen, a translation of French Les Schtroumpfs), from French schtroumpf, a word that was created by Peyo based on German Strumpf (literally “stocking, sock”) while he was having dinner, either simply because it sounds funny to the French ear or based on a regional German use for “idiot”. Armand van Raalte was an employee for the Belgian publisher of Peyo's stories who felt that schtroumpf would not have the same effect in Dutch, so he tried to find a simple word that could be used both as a noun and a verb. The result was smurf. In other languages, the term was similarly altered; compare the translations below.

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Forms

smurfs, smurfing, smurfed, smurfed

Base form	smurf · to smurf
3rd person singular	smurfs
Present participle	smurfing
Past simple	smurfed
Past participle	smurfed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	smurf
he, she, it	smurfs

Past simpleLesson

all persons

smurfed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have smurfed
he, she, it	has smurfed

Future simple (will)Lesson