Schmear vs. Smear

Schmearnoun

A spread that goes on a bagel.

Schmearnoun

A batch of things that go together.

Schmearnoun

An aggregate.

Schmearverb

To spread something, often a bagel spread.

Schmearverb

To bribe.

Schmearnoun

(Yiddish) a batch of things that go together;

Schmear

Schmear is a word of Germanic origin, equivalent to 'smear' or 'spread' (usually fat or butter). In some Germanic languages, the cognate of smear itself means butter.The use and spelling of schmear or shmear in American English is a direct loanword from Yiddish, where its original usage referred to cheese.

Smearverb

(transitive) To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.

Smearverb

(transitive) To have a substance smeared on (a surface).

Smearverb

(transitive) To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about an individual, their statements, or their actions.

Smearverb

(intransitive) To become spread by smearing.

Smearverb

(climbing) To climb without using footholds, using the friction from the shoe to stay on the wall.

Smearnoun

A mark made by smearing.

Smearnoun

(medicine) A Pap smear.

Smearnoun

A false attack.

Smearnoun

(climbing) A maneuver in which the shoe is placed onto the holdless rock, and the friction from the shoe keeps it in contact

Smearnoun

(music) A rough glissando in jazz music.

Smearverb

To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil.

Smearverb

To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy.

Smearverb

To smudge, blur, or render indistinct (writing, pictures, etc.).

Smearverb

to vilify (a person); to damage (a person's reputation), especially falsely or by unfair innuendo, and with malicious intent.

Smearnoun

A fat, oily substance; oinment.

Smearnoun

Hence, a spot made by, or as by, an unctuous or adhesive substance; a blot or blotch; a daub; a stain.

Smearnoun

slanderous defamation

Smearnoun

a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope

Smearnoun

a blemish made by dirt;

Smearnoun

an act that brings discredit to the person who does it;

Smearverb

stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance

Smearverb

make a smudge on; soil by smudging

Smearverb

cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it;

Smearverb

charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone;