smoodge
verb /smuːdʒ/
/smuːdʒ/
[intransitive] (Australian English, New Zealand English, informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they smoodge | /smuːdʒ/ /smuːdʒ/ |
| he / she / it smoodges | /ˈsmuːdʒɪz/ /ˈsmuːdʒɪz/ |
| past simple smoodged | /smuːdʒd/ /smuːdʒd/ |
| past participle smoodged | /smuːdʒd/ /smuːdʒd/ |
| -ing form smoodging | /ˈsmuːdʒɪŋ/ /ˈsmuːdʒɪŋ/ |
- smoodge (to somebody) to behave in a friendly way towards somebody because you want them to give you something or do something for youWord Originearly 20th cent.: probably an alteration of dialect smouch ‘kiss, sidle up to’.