Smear

Smear may refer to:

• A smear test, wherein a sample is smeared over a microscope slide to be studied for any pathology
  • A smear test usually refers to a pap test, that is, a cervical smear
• Smear (card game)
• Smear Lake, a lake in Wisconsin
• Smear campaign, a tactic to undermine an individual or a group
• Smear Campaign (album), an album by Napalm Death
• Pat Smear, the guitarist and actor
• Smear (optics), motion that degrades sharpness, which is generally linear over the integration time
• Colloquial name for a glissando, a glide from one musical pitch to another

See also

• Smearing