verb
1.
to overspread with something unctuous, viscous, or adhesive
smeared the crack with wet concrete
Synonyms: bedaub, besmear, dab, daub, plaster, ||smarm, smudge
Related Word: rub; coat, cover, overlay, overspread, spread; smirch, soil
2.
Synonyms: taint 1, besmear, besmirch, defile, discolor, soil, stain, sully, tar, tarnish
3.
Synonyms: malign , asperse, befoul, bespatter, blacken, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, slur
Idioms: use smear tactics (on or against)
4.
Synonyms: whip 2, beat, ||clobber, drub, lambaste, lick, shellac, smother, thrash, trim
Related Word: foil, frustrate; repulse
Idioms: mop up the floor ( or earth) with