besmirch /bi-smûrchˈ/

1. To soil, eg with smoke or dirt (literary)
2. To sully (a reputation, etc)

• clap hold of
• clapnet
• clapnets
• clapometer
• clapometers
• clap on
• clapped
• clapped-out
• clapper
• clapperboard
• clapperboards
• clapperboy
• clapperboys
• clapper bridge
• clapperclaw
• clapperclawed
• clapperclawer
• clapperclawers
• clapperclawing
• clapperclaws
• clappered
• clappering
• clapperings
• clappers
• clapping