smulge

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smulge

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *exmŭlgĕre, itself from Latin ex- + mulgēre (“to milk”), or as a variant of ēmulgēre with a change of prefix. Compare Aromanian zmulgu, zmuldziri, Albanian zmolje (“fallow land”), Italian smungere, Venetan smónzer, Asturian esmucir. An alternative past participle, smult (from Vulgar Latin *exmulctus, from mulctus; cf. Aromanian zmultu, Sardinian multu, murtu), also exists.

verb a smulge 3rd conjugation · smulge · smuls · smulgă · a smulge · smulgând

to wrest, wrench, snatch, pluck
to rip (out), tear away, break off

In English

tear to remove by tearing
pluck to remove feathers from a bird

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@misc{smulge_2026,
  title = {smulge},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/smulge},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}