töhertää — meaning in English

English meaning

• scribble verb To write or draw quickly and carelessly.
• smear verb To spread a soft or sticky substance across a surface, often messily.

Senses

töhertää is used for these senses in English:

• scribble To doodle.
• smear (transitive) To attempt to remove (a substance) from a surface by rubbing.

scribble — full definition

1. verb To write or draw quickly and carelessly.
2. noun Hasty, careless writing or drawing.

smear — full definition

1. verb To spread a soft or sticky substance across a surface, often messily.
2. verb To damage someone's reputation with false or misleading accusations.
3. noun A false, damaging claim meant to harm someone's reputation.
4. noun A medical test made by spreading a thin sample on a slide, especially a cervical screening test.

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