noun
- dirty marks or stains; smudges
Usage: informal
verb
- makes dirty marks or stains on something
Usage: informal
Examples
- There were smutches of dirt on his white shirt.
- The child’s face had chocolate smutches around her mouth.
- She smutches the paper with her inky fingers.
- Don’t touch the wall or you’ll leave smutches on it.
- The artist accidentally smutches the drawing with charcoal.
- Rain smutches often appear on car windows during storms.