Collocations for smear - noun

1. mark

greasy

leave

smear of
His fingers left a smear of sweat on the wall.

political
Democratic, Republican, etc.

campaign, tactic
They have conducted a vicious smear campaign against him.

job (AmE,informal)
a smear job on President Clinton

machine (AmE)
the far-right smear machine

smear against, smear on
campaign smears against the socialist candidate

cervical (BrE), Pap (AmE)
negative, positive
abnormal
an abnormal smear test (BrE)
an abnormal Pap smear test (AmE)

get, have

liberally
She smeared the cream liberally on her face.

across, on, over, with
The child had smeared peanut butter all over her face.
His hands were smeared with blood.

Smear is used with these nouns as the subject:
lipstick, make-up, mascara

Smear is used with these nouns as the object:
blood, ink, lipstick, make-up, mascara