Smurf (disambiguation)

A Smurf is a fictional tiny blue humanoid from The Smurfs created by Belgian cartoonist Peyo in 1957.

Smurf, SMURF or smurfing may also refer to:

Entertainment

The Smurfs franchise

• The Smurfs (TV series), animated TV series
• The Smurfs (comics), Belgian comic series, created by Peyo
• The Smurfs (film), a 2011 film directed by Raja Gosnell
• The Smurfs merchandising
• The Smurfs music
• Smurf (Smurf language), an undefinable word and derivatives (including "smurfing") used as both verb and noun within the fictional Smurfs franchise

Other entertainment

• "The Smurf", a single by Tyrone Brunson
• Janine "Smurf" Cody, a fictional character played by Jacki Weaver in the 2010 Australian film Animal Kingdom
• The Smurf (dance), an 80's dance fad

Science and technology

• Smurf attack, a type of denial of service (DoS) attack on computer networks
• SMURFs, smartphone spyware by GCHQ and the NSA in their WARRIOR PRIDE kit
• Stepped-frequency microwave radiometer, a microwave radiometer known as "smurf" from its abbreviation SFMR

Other uses

• Smurfing (financial crime) or "structuring", a term related to money laundering
• Smurfing (methamphetamine production), the hiring of multiple individuals to exceed legal limits for purchase of pseudoephedrine for methamphetamine production

Smurfing in gamer terms, means the act of a high ranked player playing within a lower rank bracket.

See also

• SMURF1, an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the SMURF1 gene
  • SMURF2
• Smurfette, a female character from The Smurfs