A mark made by smearing.
A Pap smear (screening test for cervical cancer).
A false or unsupported, malicious statement intended to injure a person's reputation.
Any of various forms of distortion that make a signal harder to see or hear.
A rough glissando in jazz music.
A maneuver in which the shoe is placed onto the holdless rock, and the friction from the shoe keeps it in contact
A preparation to be examined under a microscope, made by spreading a thin layer of a substance (such as blood, bacterial culture) on a slide.
To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about them, their statements, or their actions.
To become messy or not clear by being spread.
To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
To make something dirty.
To cause (something) to be messy or not clear by rubbing and spreading it.
To cause (something) to be a particular colour by covering with a substance.
To climb without using footholds, using the friction from the shoe to stay on the wall.
To cover (a surface with a layer of some substance) by rubbing.
To rub (a body part, etc.) across a surface.
To write or draw (something) by spreading a substance on a surface.
(of a substance, etc.) To make a surface dirty by covering it.
To attempt to remove (a substance) from a surface by rubbing.
A slash cut into the flesh as a punishment.
A long, relatively straight region against a different coloured background.
The badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces.
A portion of data distributed across several separate physical disks for the sake of redundancy.
The start/finish line.
A long region of a single colour in a repeating pattern of similar regions.
Distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort.
A long, narrow mark left by striking someone with a whip or stick; a blow with a whip or stick.
Any of the balls marked with stripes in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the spots.
A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colours, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance.
To lash with a whip or strap.
To distribute data across several separate physical disks to reduce the time to read and write.
To mark with stripes.