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2 VERB If you smudge a substance such as ink, paint, or make-up that has been put on a surface, you make it less neat by touching or rubbing it. □ [V n] Smudge the outline using a cotton-wool bud. □ [V -ed] Her lipstick was smudged. [Also V ]

3 VERB If you smudge a surface, you make it dirty by touching it and leaving a substance on it. □ [V n] She kissed me, careful not to smudge me with her fresh lipstick.

smudgy /smʌ dʒi/ (smudgier , smudgiest ) ADJ If something is smudgy , its outline is unclear. □  The hand-writing is smudgy. □  …smudgy photos.

smug /smʌ g/ ADJ If you say that someone is smug , you are criticizing the fact they seem very pleased with how good, clever, or lucky they are. [DISAPPROVAL ] □  Thomas and his wife looked at each other in smug satisfaction.

smug|gle /smʌ g ^ə l/ (smuggles , smuggling , smuggled ) VERB If someone smuggles things or people into a place or out of it, they take them there illegally or secretly. □ [V n] …speculation that the Arctic Sea is being used for smuggling weapons. □ [V n prep] The gang was allegedly smuggling migrants from Calais to Britain. □ [V n with adv] Had it really been impossible to find someone who could smuggle out a letter? ●  smug|gling N‑UNCOUNT □  An air hostess was arrested and charged with drug smuggling.

smug|gler /smʌ gələ ^r / (smugglers ) N‑COUNT Smugglers are people who take goods into or out of a country illegally. □  …drug smugglers. □  …people smugglers.

smut /smʌ t/ (smuts )

1 N‑UNCOUNT If you refer to words or pictures that are related to sex as smut , you disapprove of them because you think they are rude and unpleasant and have been said or published just to shock or excite people. [DISAPPROVAL ] □  …schoolboy smut.

2 N‑UNCOUNT Smut or smuts is dirt such as soot which makes a dirty mark on something.

smut|ty /smʌ ti/ (smuttier , smuttiest ) ADJ [usu ADJ n] If you describe something such as a joke, book, or film as smutty , you disapprove of it because it shows naked people or refers to sex in a rude or unpleasant way. [DISAPPROVAL ] □  …smutty jokes.

snack /snæ k/ (snacks , snacking , snacked )

1 N‑COUNT A snack is a simple meal that is quick to cook and to eat. □  Lunch was a snack in the fields.

2 N‑COUNT A snack is something such as a chocolate bar that you eat between meals. □  Do you eat sweets, cakes or sugary snacks?

3 VERB If you snack , you eat snacks between meals. □ [V + on ] Instead of snacking on crisps and chocolate, nibble on celery or carrot.

sna ck bar (snack bars ) N‑COUNT A snack bar is a place where you can buy drinks and simple meals such as sandwiches.

snaf|fle /snæ f ^ə l/ (snaffles , snaffling , snaffled )

1 N‑COUNT A snaffle is an object consisting of two short joined bars of metal that is put in a horse's mouth and attached to the straps that the rider uses to control the horse.

2 VERB If you snaffle something, you take it for yourself. [BRIT , INFORMAL ] □ [V n] Michael Stich then proceeded to snaffle the $2 million first prize.

snag /snæ g/ (snags , snagging , snagged )

1 N‑COUNT A snag is a small problem or disadvantage. □  A police clampdown on car thieves hit a snag when villains stole one of their cars.

2 VERB If you snag part of your clothing on a sharp or rough object or if it snags , it gets caught on the object and tears. □ [V n + on ] She snagged a heel on a root and tumbled to the ground. □ [V n] Brambles snagged his suit. □ [V + on ] Local fishermen's nets kept snagging on underwater objects.

snail /sne I l/ (snails )

1 N‑COUNT A snail is a small animal with a long, soft body, no legs, and a spiral-shaped shell. Snails move very slowly.