sm -abbr

  1. small

Sm -symbol

  1. samarium

SM -abbr

  1. master of science
  2. sergeant major
  3. service mark
  4. stage manager
  5. stationmaster
  6. sadomasochism; sadomasochist

SMA -abbr

  1. sergeant major of the army

smack ['smak] -n

  1. characteristic taste or flavor
  2. a perceptible taste or tincture
  3. a small quantity
  4. to have a taste or flavor
  5. to have a trace, vestige, or suggestion
    • a proposal that smack s of treason
  6. a sailing ship (as a sloop or cutter) used chiefly in coasting and fishing
  7. to close and open (lips) noisily and often in rapid succession esp. in eating
  8. to kiss with or as if with a smack
  9. to strike so as to produce a smack
  10. to make or give a smack
  11. a quick sharp noise made by rapidly compressing and opening the lips
  12. a loud kiss
  13. a sharp slap or blow
  14. squarely and sharply : directly
    • smack in the middle
  15. heroin

smackdab ['smak-'dab] -adv

  1. exactly, squarely

smack·down ['smak-,dau̇n] -n

  1. the act of knocking down or bringing down an opponent
  2. a contest in entertainment wrestling
  3. a decisive defeat
  4. a confrontation between rivals or competitors

smack·er ['sma-kər] -n

  1. one that smacks
  2. dollar

smack·ing ['sma-kiŋ] -adj

  1. brisk, lively
    • a smacking breeze

SMaj -abbr

  1. sergeant major

small ['smȯl] -adj, n

  1. having comparatively little size or slight dimensions
  2. lowercase
  3. minor in influence, power, or rank
  4. operating on a limited scale
  5. lacking in strength
    • a small voice
  6. little or close to zero in an objectively measurable aspect (as quantity)
  7. made up of few or little units
  8. of little consequence : trivial
  9. humble, modest
  10. limited in degree
  11. mean, petty
  12. reduced to a humiliating position
  13. in or into small pieces
  14. without force or loudness
    • speak as small as you will -- Shak.
  15. in a small manner
  16. a part smaller and esp. narrower than the remainder
    • the small of the back
  17. small-sized products
  18. smallclothes
  19. underwear

small arm -n

  1. a handheld firearm (as a handgun or shoulder arm) usu. used in pl.

small beer -n, adj

  1. weak or inferior beer
  2. something of small importance : trivia

small calorie -n

  1. calorie

small capital -n

  1. a letter having the form of but smaller than a capital letter (as in these words) called also small cap

smallcell lung cancer -n

  1. cancer of a highly malignant form that affects the lungs, tends to metastasize to other parts of the body, and is characterized by small round or oval cells which resemble oat grains and have little cytoplasm called also small-cell carcinoma

small change -n

  1. coins of low denomination
  2. something trifling or petty

smallclaims court -n

  1. a special court intended to simplify and expedite the handling of small claims on debts

small·clothes ['smȯl-,klō(th)z] -n pl

  1. small articles of clothing (as underclothing or handkerchiefs)
  2. close-fitting knee breeches worn in the 18th century

smaller European elm bark beetle -n

  1. elm bark beetle

small forward -n

  1. a basketball forward who is usu. smaller than a power forward and whose play is characterized by quickness and scoring ability

smallfry ['smȯl-,frī] -adj

  1. minor, unimportant
    • a smallfry politician
  2. of, relating to, or intended for children : childish

small·hold·ing [-,hōl-diŋ] -n

  1. a small farm

small hours -n pl

  1. the early morning hours

small intestine -n

  1. the part of the intestine that lies between the stomach and colon, consists of duodenum, jejunum, and ileum, secretes digestive enzymes, and is the chief site of the absorption of digested nutrients

smallmind·ed ['smȯl-'mīn-dəd] -adj, adv, n

  1. having narrow interests, sympathies, or outlook
  2. typical of a small-minded person : marked by pettiness, narrowness, or meanness
    • smallminded conduct

small·mouth bass ['smȯl-,mau̇th-] -n

  1. a black bass ( Micropterus dolomieu) of clear rivers and lakes that is bronzy-green above and lighter below and has the vertex of the angle of the jaw falling below the eye called also smallmouth smallmouth black bass

small potato -n

  1. one that is of trivial importance or worth usu. used in pl. but sing. or pl. in constr.

small·pox ['smȯl-,päks] -n

  1. an acute contagious febrile disease of humans that is caused by a poxvirus (species Variola virusof the genus Orthopoxvirus), is characterized by a skin eruption with pustules, sloughing, and scar formation, and is believed to have been eradicated globally by widespread vaccination called also variola

smallscale [-'skāl] -adj

  1. small in scope
  2. small in output or operation
  3. having a scale (as one inch to 25 miles) that permits plotting of comparatively little detail and shows mainly large features

small screen -n

  1. television

small stuff -n

  1. small rope (as spun yarn or marline) usu. identified by the number of threads or yarns which it contains

small·sword ['smȯl-,sȯrd] -n

  1. a light tapering sword for thrusting used chiefly in dueling and fencing

small talk -n

  1. light or casual conversation : chitchat

smalltime ['smȯl-'tīm] -adj, n

  1. insignificant in performance, scope, or standing : petty
    • smalltime thieves

smalt ['smȯlt] -n

  1. a deep blue pigment consisting of a powdered glass that contains oxide of cobalt

smal·to ['smäl-(,)tō, 'smȯl-] -n

  1. colored glass or enamel or a piece of either used in mosaic work

sma·ragd [smə-'ragd, 'sma-,ragd] -n, adj

  1. emerald

smarm ['smärm] -n

  1. smarmy language or behavior

smarmy ['smär-mē] -adj, adv, n

  1. revealing or marked by a smug, ingratiating, or false earnestness
    • a tone of smarmy self-satisfaction -- New Yorker
  2. of low sleazy taste or quality
    • smarmy eroticism

smart ['smärt] -adj, adv, n

  1. making one smart : causing a sharp stinging
  2. marked by often sharp forceful activity or vigorous strength
    • a smart pull of the starter cord
  3. brisk, spirited
    • a smart pace
  4. mentally alert : bright
  5. knowledgeable
  6. shrewd
    • a smart investment
  7. witty, clever
    • a smart sitcom
  8. pert, saucy
    • don't get smart with me
  9. neat, trim
    • soldiers in smart uniforms
  10. stylish or elegant in dress or appearance
  11. appealing to sophisticated tastes
  12. characteristic of or patronized by fashionable society
  13. being a guided missile
    • a laser-guided smart bomb
  14. operating by automation
    • a smart machine tool
  15. intelligent
  16. to cause or be the cause or seat of a sharp stinging pain
  17. to feel or have such a pain
  18. to feel or endure distress, remorse, or embarrassment
    • smart ing from wounded vanity -- W. L. Shirer
  19. to pay a heavy or stinging penalty
    • would have to smart for this foolishness
  20. a smarting pain
  21. a stinging local pain
  22. poignant grief or remorse
    • was not the sort to get over smart s -- Sir Winston Churchill
  23. intelligence, know-how
  24. in a smart manner : smartly

smart al·eck ['smärt-,a-lik, -,e-] -n, adj

  1. an obnoxiously conceited and self-assertive person with pretensions to smartness or cleverness

smartass [-,as] -n, adj

  1. smart aleck

smart card -n

  1. a small plastic card that has a built-in microprocessor to store and process data and records

smart drug -n

  1. nootropic

smart·en ['smär-tᵊn] -vb

  1. to make smart or smarter
  2. spruce usu. used with up
  3. to smarten oneself used with up

smart money ['smärt-,mə-nē] -n

  1. punitive damages
  2. money ventured by one having inside information or much experience
  3. well-informed bettors or speculators

smartmouthed ['smärt-,mau̇tht, -,mau̇thd] -adj

  1. annoyingly cocky or sarcastic in speech

smart·weed ['smärt-,wēd] -n

  1. any of various polygonums with strong acidic juice

smarty ['smär-tē] -n

  1. smart aleck

smartypants [-,pan(t)s] -n pl but sing in constr, adj

  1. smart aleck

smash ['smash] -n

  1. a smashing blow or attack
  2. a hard overhand stroke (as in tennis or badminton)
  3. the action or sound of smashing
  4. a wreck due to collision : crash
  5. utter collapse : ruin
  6. a striking success
  7. to break or crush by violence
  8. to drive or throw violently esp. with a shattering or battering effect
  9. to effect in this way
  10. to hit violently : batter
  11. to hit (as a tennis ball) with a hard overhand stroke
  12. to drive (a ball) with a forceful stroke
  13. to destroy utterly : wreck
  14. to move or become propelled with violence or crashing effect
    • smash ed into a tree
  15. to become wrecked
  16. to go to pieces suddenly under collision or pressure
  17. being a smash : outstanding
    • a smash hit

smashed ['smasht] -adj

  1. drunk, intoxicated

smash·ing ['sma-shiŋ] -adj, adv

  1. that smashes : crushing
    • a smashing defeat
  2. extraordinarily impressive or effective
    • a smashing performance

smash·mouth ['smash-,mau̇th] -adj

  1. characterized by brute force without finesse
    • smashmouth football

smash·up ['smash-,əp] -n

  1. a collision between vehicles
  2. a complete collapse

smat·ter ['sma-tər] -vb, n

  1. to talk superficially : babble
  2. to speak with spotty or superficial knowledge
    • smatter s French
  3. to dabble in

smatter -n

  1. smattering
    • a smatter of applause

smat·ter·ing ['sma-tə-riŋ] -n

  1. superficial piecemeal knowledge
    • a smattering of carpentry, house painting, bricklaying -- Alva Johnston
  2. a small scattered number or amount
    • a smattering of spectators

smear ['smir] -n

  1. a viscous or sticky substance
  2. a spot made by or as if by an unctuous or adhesive substance
  3. material smeared on a surface (as of a microscopic slide)
  4. a preparation made by smearing material on a surface
    • a vaginal smear
  5. a usu. unsubstantiated charge or accusation against a person or organization often used attributively
    • a smear campaign
    • a smear job
  6. to overspread with something unctuous, viscous, or adhesive : daub
    • smear ed the paper with glue
  7. to spread over a surface
  8. to stain, smudge, or dirty by or as if by smearing
  9. sully, besmirch
  10. to vilify esp. by secretly and maliciously spreading grave charges and imputations
  11. to obliterate, obscure, blur, blend, wipe out, or defeat by or as if by smearing

smear·case ['smir-,kās] -n

  1. cottage cheese

smeary ['smir-ē] -adj

  1. marked by or covered with smears
  2. liable to cause smears
    • smeary lipstick

smec·tic ['smek-tik] -adj

  1. of, relating to, or being the phase of a liquid crystal characterized by arrangement of molecules in layers with the long molecular axes in a given layer being parallel to one another and those of other layers and perpendicular or slightly inclined to the plane of the layer

smec·tite ['smek-,tīt] -n, adj

  1. montmorillonite

smeg·ma ['smeg-mə] -n

  1. the secretion of a sebaceous gland
  2. the cheesy sebaceous matter that collects between the glans penis and the foreskin or around the clitoris and labia minora

smell ['smel] -vb, n

  1. to perceive the odor or scent of through stimuli affecting the olfactory nerves : get the odor or scent of with the nose
  2. to detect or become aware of as if by the sense of smell
    • I smell trouble
  3. to emit the odor of
  4. to exercise the sense of smell
  5. to have an odor or scent
  6. to have a characteristic aura or atmosphere : smack
    • the accounts...seemed to me to smell of truth -- R. S. Bourne
  7. seem, appear
    • the story didn't smell right
  8. to have an offensive odor : stink
  9. to be of bad or questionable quality
    • all this from the moral point of view smell s -- A. F. Wills
  10. the property of a thing that affects the olfactory organs : odor
  11. the process, function, or power of smelling
  12. the sense concerned with the perception of odor
  13. a very small amount : trace
    • add only a smell of garlic
  14. a pervading or characteristic quality : aura
    • the smell of affluence, of power -- Harry Hervey
  15. an act or instance of smelling

smelling salts -n pl but sing or pl in constr

  1. a usu. scented aromatic preparation of ammonium carbonate and ammonia water used as a stimulant and restorative

smelly ['sme-lē] -adj

  1. having a smell
  2. malodorous
    • smelly socks

smelt ['smelt] -n

  1. any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste
  2. to melt or fuse (as ore) often with an accompanying chemical change usu. to separate the metal
  3. refine, reduce

smelt·er ['smel-tər] -n

  1. : one that smelts:
  2. a worker who smelts ore
  3. an owner or operator of a smeltery
  4. an establishment for smelting

smew ['smyü] -n

  1. a small Eurasian merganser ( Mergus albellus) with the male being white, gray, and black and the female chiefly gray but with a chestnut and white head

smid·gen ['smi-jən] -n

  1. a small amount : bit
    • a smidgen of salt
    • a smidgen of common sense

smi·lax ['smī-,laks] -n

  1. greenbrier
  2. a tender twining asparagus ( Asparagus asparagoides) of southern Africa that has ovate bright green cladophylls which are often used in floral arrangements

smile ['smī(-ə)l] -vb, n, adv

  1. to have, produce, or exhibit a smile
  2. to look or regard with amusement or ridicule
    • smiled at his own folly -- Martin Gardner
  3. to bestow approval
    • feeling that Heaven smiled on his labors -- Sheila Rowlands
  4. to appear pleasant or agreeable
  5. to affect with or by smiling
  6. to express by a smile
  7. a facial expression in which the eyes brighten and the corners of the mouth curve slightly upward and which expresses esp. amusement, pleasure, approval, or sometimes scorn
  8. a pleasant or encouraging appearance

smil·ey ['smī-lē] -adj

  1. exhibiting a smile : frequently smiling
    • smiley salespeople

smiley -n

  1. emoticon

smiley face -n

  1. a line drawing of a smiling face

smirch ['smərch] -vt, n

  1. to make dirty, stained, or discolored : sully
  2. to smear with something that stains or dirties
  3. to bring discredit or disgrace on

smirk ['smərk] -vb, n

  1. to smile in an affected or smug manner : simper
  2. to say or express with a smirk

smirky ['smər-kē] -adj

  1. that smirks : smirking

smite ['smīt] -vb, n

  1. to strike sharply or heavily esp. with the hand or an implement held in the hand
  2. to kill or severely injure by smiting
  3. to attack or afflict suddenly and injuriously
    • smitten by disease
  4. to cause to strike
  5. to affect as if by striking
    • children smitten with the fear of hell -- V. L. Parrington
  6. captivate, take
    • smitten with her beauty
  7. to deliver or deal a blow with or as if with the hand or something held

smith ['smith] -n

  1. a worker in metals : blacksmith
  2. maker often used in combination
    • gun smith
    • tune smith

smith·er·eens [,smi-thə-'rēnz] -n pl

  1. fragments, bits
    • the house was blown to smithereens by the explosion

smith·ery ['smi-thə-rē] -n

  1. the work, art, or trade of a smith
  2. smithy

Smith·field ham ['smith-,fēld-] -n

  1. a Virginia ham produced in or near Smithfield, Va.

smith·son·ite ['smith-sə-,nīt] -n

  1. a mineral that is a carbonate of zinc and constitutes a minor ore of zinc

smithy ['smi-thē also -thē] -n

  1. the workshop of a smith
  2. blacksmith

smock ['smäk] -n

  1. a woman's undergarment
  2. chemise
  3. a light loose garment worn esp. for protection of clothing while working
  4. to embroider or shirr with smocking

smock frock -n

  1. a loose outer garment worn by workmen esp. in Europe

smock·ing ['smä-kiŋ] -n

  1. a decorative embroidery or shirring made by gathering cloth in regularly spaced round tucks

smog ['smäg, 'smȯg] -n, adj

  1. a fog made heavier and darker by smoke and chemical fumes
  2. a photochemical haze caused by the action of solar ultraviolet radiation on atmosphere polluted with hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen esp. from automobile exhaust

smog·gy ['smä-gē, 'smȯ-] -adj

  1. characterized by or abounding in smog
    • a smoggy haze
    • smoggy freeways

smok·able ['smō-kə-bəl] -adj

  1. fit for smoking

smoke ['smōk] -n, adj

  1. the gaseous products of burning materials esp. of organic origin made visible by the presence of small particles of carbon
  2. a suspension of particles in a gas
  3. a mass or column of smoke
  4. smudge
  5. fume or vapor often resulting from the action of heat on moisture
  6. something of little substance, permanence, or value
  7. something that obscures
  8. something (as a cigarette) to smoke
  9. marijuana
  10. an act of smoking tobacco
  11. a smoking break
  12. a pale blue
  13. any of the colors of smoke
  14. pitches that are fastballs
    • if a guy's going to hit you...he certainly isn't going to throw a spitter-he gives you smoke -- Tony Conigliaro
  15. to emit or exhale smoke
  16. to emit excessive smoke
  17. to undergo punishment : suffer
  18. to spread or rise like smoke
  19. to inhale and exhale the fumes of burning plant material and esp. tobacco
  20. to smoke tobacco habitually
  21. fumigate
  22. to drive (as mosquitoes) away by smoke
  23. to blacken or discolor with smoke
    • smoked glasses
  24. to cure by exposure to smoke
    • smoked ham
  25. to stupefy (as bees) by smoke
  26. suspect
  27. to inhale and exhale the smoke of
    • smoke a cigarette
  28. ridicule
  29. kill
  30. to defeat or surpass decisively
  31. to hit (as a baseball) with great force

smoke and mirrors -n pl

  1. something intended to disguise or draw attention away from an often embarrassing or unpleasant issue usu. hyphenated when used attributively

smoke detector -n

  1. an alarm that activates automatically when it detects smoke called also smoke alarm

smokefilled room ['smōk-'fild-] -n

  1. a room (as in a hotel) in which a small group of politicians carry on negotiations

smoke·house ['smōk-,hau̇s] -n

  1. a building where meat or fish is cured by means of dense smoke

smoke·jack [-,jak] -n

  1. a device for turning a spit by a fly or wheel moved by rising gases in a chimney

smoke jumper -n

  1. a forest firefighter who parachutes to locations otherwise difficult to reach

smokeless powder -n

  1. any of a class of explosive propellants that produce comparatively little smoke on explosion and consist mostly of gelatinized nitrocellulose

smokeless tobacco -n

  1. pulverized or shredded tobacco chewed or placed between cheek and gum : snuff

smoke out -vt

  1. to drive out by or as if by smoke
  2. to cause to be made public

smok·er ['smō-kər] -n

  1. one that smokes
  2. a railroad car or compartment in which smoking is allowed
  3. an informal social gathering for men

smoke screen -n

  1. a screen of smoke to hinder enemy observation of a military force, area, or activity
  2. something designed to obscure, confuse, or mislead

smoke·stack ['smōk-,stak] -n

  1. a pipe or funnel through which smoke and gases are discharged

smokestack -adj

  1. of, relating to, being, or characterized by manufacturing and esp. heavy industry
    • smokestack industries

smoke tree -n

  1. : either of two small shrubby trees (genus Cotinus) of the cashew family with large panicles of minute flowers that suggest a cloud of smoke:
  2. one ( C. coggygria) of Eurasia that is widely planted in the eastern U.S.
  3. one ( C. obovatus) of the southeastern U.S. and Texas

smoking gun -n

  1. something that serves as conclusive evidence or proof (as of a crime or scientific theory)

smoking jacket -n

  1. a loose-fitting jacket or short robe for wear at home

smoking lamp -n

  1. a lamp on a ship kept lighted during the hours when smoking is allowed

smoking room -n

  1. a room (as in a hotel or club) set apart for smokers

smoky ['smō-kē] -adj, adv, n

  1. emitting smoke esp. in large quantities
    • a smoky fireplace
  2. having the characteristics of or resembling smoke
    • a smoky haze
  3. suggestive of smoke esp. in flavor or odor
  4. filled with smoke
    • a smoky room
  5. made dark or black by or as if by smoke
  6. having a low throaty quality
    • a smoky voice

smoky quartz -n

  1. cairngorm

smoky topaz -n

  1. cairngorm

smol·der ['smōl-dər] -vi

  1. to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke
  2. to be consumed by smoldering often used with out
  3. to exist in a state of suppressed activity
    • hostilities smolder ed for years
  4. to show suppressed anger, hate, or jealousy
    • eyes smolder ing with hate

smolt ['smōlt] -n

  1. a young salmon or sea trout about two years old that is at the stage of development when it assumes the silvery color of the adult and is ready to migrate to the sea

smooch ['smüch] -vi

  1. kiss, pet
  2. kiss
  3. smudge, smear
  4. smudge, smear

smooth ['smüth] -adj, adv, n

  1. having a continuous even surface
  2. being the representation of a function with a continuous first derivative
  3. having or being a short even coat of hair
    • a smooth collie
  4. being without hair
  5. glabrous
    • a smooth leaf
  6. causing no resistance to sliding
  7. free from difficulties or impediments
    • the smooth course of his life
  8. even and uninterrupted in flow or flight
  9. excessively and often artfully suave : ingratiating
    • a smooth operator
  10. serene, equable
    • a smooth disposition
  11. amiable, courteous
  12. not sharp or harsh
    • a smooth sherry
  13. free from lumps
  14. to make smooth
  15. to free from what is harsh or disagreeable : polish
    • smooth ed out his style
  16. soothe
  17. to minimize (as a fault) esp. in order to allay anger or ill will
    • his main job is to smooth over the friction that so often arises -- Brian Crozier
  18. to free from obstruction or difficulty
    • conciliation smooth ed the way to an agreement
  19. to press flat
    • smooth ed down the folds of her dress
  20. to remove expression from (one's face) : compose
  21. to cause to lie evenly and in order : preen
    • a bird smooth ing its feathers
  22. to free (as a graph or data) from irregularities
  23. to become smooth
  24. a smooth part
  25. the act of smoothing
  26. a smoothing implement

smooth·bore ['smüth-'bȯr] -adj, n

  1. having a barrel with an unrifled bore

smooth breathing -n

  1. a mark ' placed over some initial vowels in Greek to show that they are not aspirated (as in pronounced e-ka)
  2. the absence of aspiration indicated by a mark '

smooth·en ['smü-thən] -vb

  1. to make smooth
  2. to become smooth

smooth fox terrier -n

  1. any of a breed of fox terriers having a dense smooth chiefly white coat

smooth hound -n

  1. any of several dogfishes (genus Mustelus) closely related to or included with the requiem sharks

smooth muscle -n

  1. muscle tissue that lacks cross striations, is made up of elongated spindle-shaped cells having a central nucleus, and is found esp. in vertebrate hollow organs and structures (as the digestive tract and bladder) as thin sheets performing functions not subject to direct voluntary control and in all or most of the musculature of invertebrates other than arthropods

smoothtongued ['smüth-'təŋd] -adj

  1. ingratiating in speech

smoothy ['smü-thē] -n

  1. a smooth-tongued person
  2. a person with polished manners
  3. one who behaves or performs with deftness, assurance, and easy competence
  4. a man with an ingratiating manner toward women
  5. a creamy beverage made of fruit blended with juice, milk, or yogurt

smor·gas·bord ['smȯr-gəs-,bȯrd] -n

  1. a luncheon or supper buffet offering a variety of foods and dishes (as hors d'oeuvres, hot and cold meats, smoked and pickled fish, cheeses, salads, and relishes)
  2. an often large heterogeneous mixture : melange

smote ['smīt] -vb, n

(variant of smite)

  1. to strike sharply or heavily esp. with the hand or an implement held in the hand
  2. to kill or severely injure by smiting
  3. to attack or afflict suddenly and injuriously
    • smitten by disease
  4. to cause to strike
  5. to affect as if by striking
    • children smitten with the fear of hell -- V. L. Parrington
  6. captivate, take
    • smitten with her beauty
  7. to deliver or deal a blow with or as if with the hand or something held

smoth·er ['smə-thər] -n, adj

  1. thick stifling smoke or smudge
  2. a state of being stifled or suppressed
  3. a dense cloud (as of fog or dust)
  4. a confused multitude of things : welter

smother ['smə-thə-riŋ, 'sməth-riŋ] -vb

  1. to be overcome or killed through or as if through lack of air
  2. to overcome or kill with smoke or fumes
  3. to kill by depriving of air
  4. to overcome or discomfit through or as if through lack of air
  5. to suppress (a fire) by excluding oxygen
  6. to cause to smolder
  7. to suppress expression or knowledge of
    • smother ed his rage
  8. to stop or prevent the growth or activity of
    • smother a child with too much care
  9. overwhelm
  10. to cover thickly : blanket
    • snow smother ed the trails
  11. to overcome or vanquish quickly or decisively
  12. to cook in a covered pan or pot with little liquid over low heat

SMSA -abbr

  1. Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area

SMSgt -abbr

  1. senior master sergeant

smudge ['sməj] -vb

  1. to make a smudge on
  2. to soil as if by smudging
  3. to rub, daub, or wipe in a smeary manner
  4. to make indistinct : blur
    • smudged the writing
  5. to smoke or protect by means of a smudge
  6. to make a smudge
  7. to become smudged
  8. a blurry spot or streak
  9. an immaterial stain
    • cleanse him of every last smudge of impropriety -- Richard Hanser
  10. an indistinct mass : blur
  11. a smoldering mass placed on the windward side (as to protect from frost)
  12. a bid of four in pitch that if made wins the game

smug ['sməg] -adj, adv, n

  1. trim or smart in dress : spruce
  2. scrupulously clean, neat, or correct : tidy
  3. highly self-satisfied

smug·gle ['smə-gəl] -vb, n

  1. to import or export secretly contrary to the law and esp. without paying duties imposed by law
  2. to convey or introduce surreptitiously
  3. to import or export something in violation of the customs laws

smut ['smət] -vb

  1. to stain or taint with smut
  2. to affect (a crop or plant) with smut
  3. to become affected by smut
  4. matter that soils or blackens
  5. a particle of soot
  6. any of various destructive diseases esp. of cereal grasses caused by parasitic basidiomycetous fungi (order Ustilaginales) and marked by transformation of plant parts into dark masses of spores
  7. a fungus causing a smut
  8. obscene language or matter

smutch ['sməch] -n, vt, adj

  1. a dark stain : smudge

smut·ty ['smə-tē] -adj, adv, n

  1. soiled or tainted with smut
  2. affected with smut fungus
  3. obscene, indecent
    • a smutty joke
  4. resembling smut in appearance : sooty

SMV -abbr

  1. slow-moving vehicle