verb
- to make dirty with soot, smoke, or grime
noun
- a dirty mark or stain, especially from soot or smoke
Examples
- The chimney sweep’s hands were smutched with soot.
- Don’t smutch your white shirt on that dirty wall.
- She wiped the smutch from her cheek with a tissue.
- The old fireplace left a black smutch on the wall.
- His face was smutched after working in the coal mine.
- There was a dark smutch on the window from the candle smoke.