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smoodge

/smuːd͡ʒ/

Rhymes with -uːd͡ʒ

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From British dialect. Australian from 1898.

verb smoodges · smoodging · smoodged · smooge

Australia To act in an ingratiating manner; to fawn. 1903 February 3, Political Labor League of New South Wales: Annual Conference, minutes, 2006, Michael Hogan (editor), Labor Pains: Early Conference and Executive Reports of the Labor Party of NSW, page 376, Mr Grant, in reply, was not in favor of the way the bureau was conducted. There was no rotati
Australia, transitive To inveigle; to use flattery and wiles on someone. "If I'd knowed she was going to do it I'd never have signed that there partnership she smoodged me into signing, making out it was only to stop me brother Herbert William from comin' in by law for my property, and all the time she was working it out so she could come in for it herself if I pegged ou
Australia, dated, slang To kiss and cuddle; to canoodle.

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@misc{smoodge_2026,
  title = {smoodge},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/smoodge},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}