Definitions

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  • verb Australia To act in an ingratiating manner; to fawn.

Etymologies

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From British dialect. Australian from 1898.

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Examples

  • That said, I knew this site was a Damn Mess, so I decided to actually do a wee design from scratch - without just trying to smoodge one of Blogger's pre-canned templates.

    Because of the spring. 2006

  • Also, is that purple smoodge at the top supposed to be hair or a ribbon?

    Face Time On CW Jen 2008

  • Kind of a white smoodge around it, like corrosion.

    Road Map « Climate Audit 2005

  • To smoodge To be a "sucker" To curry favour at the expense of independence.

    Some Everyday Folk and Dawn Miles Franklin 1916

  • In ancient times, fires were lit on hills to communicate, but now we pick up our shiny black slabs and smoodge podgy fingers on the screen to call other people.

    Crave at CNET UK 2009

  • "Don't smoodge, old cockroach, let the other blokes blaze away, as we

    Some Everyday Folk and Dawn Miles Franklin 1916

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