smut (sm t)n. 1. a. A particle of dirt. b. A smudge made by soot, smoke, or dirt. 2. a. Obscenity in speech or writing. b. Pornography. 3. a. Any of various plant diseases, especially of cereal grasses, caused by parasitic fungi of the order Ustilaginales that form black powdery masses of spores on the affected parts. b. A fungus causing such a disease. v. smut·ted, smut·ting, smuts v.tr. 1. To blacken or smudge, as with smoke or grime. 2. To affect (a plant) with smut. 3. To free (grain, for example) from smut. 4. To make obscene. v.intr. 1. To emit smut. 2. To be or become blackened or smudged. 3. To become affected with smut, as a plant. [From Middle English smotten, smutten, to defile.] smut  ti·ly adv.smut ti·ness n.smut ty adj. |
smut
Noun
1. stories, pictures, or jokes relating to sex or nudity
2. a speck of soot or a dark mark left by soot
3. a disease of cereals, in which black sooty masses cover the affected parts [Old English smitte]
smutty adj
| smut (smt) 1. Any of various bacidiomycete fungi that are parasitic on plants and are distinguished by the black, powdery masses of spores that appear as sooty smudges on the affected plant parts. Smuts are parasitic chiefly on cereal grasses like corn and wheat and can cause enormous damage to crops. 2. Any of the various plant diseases caused by smuts, such as corn smut. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  smut - a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and inkatomic number 6, carbon, C - an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds |
| 2. | smut - destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores plant disease - a disease that affects plants loose smut - disease of grains; the entire head is a dusty mass of spores stinking smut, bunt - disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores flag smut - smut affecting leaves and stems of cereals and other grasses false smut, green smut - disease of rice; grains covered by a green powder consisting of conidia | |
| 3. | smut - any fungus of the order Ustilaginales fungus - an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia order Ustilaginales, Ustilaginales - parasitic fungi causing smuts; sometimes placed in class Tiliomycetes covered smut - a smut fungus causing a smut disease of grains in which the spore masses are covered or held together by the grain membranes loose smut - a smut fungus of the genus Ustilago causing a smut disease of grains in which the entire head is transformed into a dusty mass of spores genus Sphacelotheca, Sphacelotheca - genus of smut fungus head smut, Sphacelotheca reiliana - smut fungus attacking heads of corn or sorghum and causing a covered smut Tilletia caries, bunt - fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores onion smut, Urocystis cepulae - smut fungus causing blackish blisters on scales and leaves of onions; especially destructive to seedlings flag smut fungus - a smut fungus causing a smut in cereals and other grasses that chiefly affects leaves and stems and is characterized chains of sori within the plant tissue that later rupture releasing black masses of spores | |
| 4. | smut - an offensive or indecent word or phrase fuck, fucking, nookie, nooky, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, screwing, shtup, ass, shag, screw - slang for sexual intercourse dogshit, horseshit, Irish bull, bullshit, crap, shit, bull - obscene words for unacceptable behavior; "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull" chickenshit - a false statement that is considered to indicate timidity or fear bawdry, bawdy - lewd or obscene talk or writing; "it was smoking-room bawdry"; "they published a collection of Elizabethan bawdy" scatology - a preoccupation with obscenity (especially that dealing with excrement or excretory functions) profanity - vulgar or irreverent speech or action dickhead, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, asshole, bastard, son of a bitch, whoreson, cocksucker, SOB, shit - insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous bugger all, Fanny Adams, fuck all, sweet Fanny Adams - little or nothing at all; "I asked for a raise and they gave me bugger-all"; "I know sweet Fanny Adams about surgery" | |
| 5. |  smut - creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desirechild pornography, kiddie porn, kiddy porn - the illegal use of children in pornographic pictures or films creation, creative activity - the human act of creating | |
| Verb | 1. | smut - make obscene; "This line in the play smuts the entire act" |
| 2. | smut - stain with a dirty substance, such as soot stain - produce or leave stains; "Red wine stains the table cloth" | |
| 3. | smut - become affected with smut; "the corn smutted and could not be eaten" | |
| 4. | smut - affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn |
Translations
smut [smʌt] n (= grain of soot) → carbonilla, hollín m (= mark); tizne m;
(in conversation etc) → obscenidades fpl
smut [smʌt] n (= grain of soot) → grain m de suie (= mark); tache f de suie;
(in conversation etc) → obscénités fpl
smut [smʌt] n (= grain of soot) → granello di fuliggine (= mark); segno nero;
(in conversation etc) → sconcezze fpl
n smut [smat]
vulgar or indecent talk etc There is too much smut on television nowadays! vulgêre praatjies كلام بَذيء цинизъм oplzlost smuds der Schmutz αισχρολογίες, βωμολοχίες obscenidad labasus, rõvedus لكه törky obscénité נִיבּוּל-פֵּה अश्लील साहित्य इत्यादि prljavština, nepristojan govor trágárság kejorokan klám oscenità みだらな話 음탕한 말, 음담 nešvankybės rupjība; piedauzība kotor vuile taal griseprat, grove historier sprośność, świństwa obscenidade obscenitate непристойность, похабщина oplzlosť nespodobnost vulgarnost oanständigt språk สิ่งลามก müstehcen konuşma 淫穢語言 непристойність فحش باتیں، تصاویر وغیرہ lời nói tục tĩu 淫秽语言
adj smutty
(of a conversation, film etc) indecent vulgar: He could not be prevented from telling smutty stories. vulgêr بَذيء неприличен oplzlý sjofel schmutzig αισχρός, χυδαίος obsceno kõlvatu, rõve كثيف rivo cochon גַס अश्लील prost, nepristojan trágár jorok klámfenginn osceno, sconcio みだらな 추잡한, 음란한 nešvankus rupjš; piedauzīgs cerita kotor vuil vulgær, griset, svinsk świński obsceno vulgar непристойный, бесстыдный oplzlý svinjski vulgaran oanständig, snuskig หยาบคาย müstehcen 淫穢的 непристойний, вульгарний نا زيبا، فحش tục tĩu, bất lịch sự 淫秽的
n smuttiness
vulgariteit بَذاءَه вулгарност obscénnost sjofelhed der Schmutz αισχρότητα, χυδαιότητα obscenidad kõlvatus كثيفي rivous obscénité גָסוּת अश्लीलता prljavost, svinjarija trágárság kejorokan klám indecenza わいせつ 음란, 음탕 nešvankumas, nešvankybė rupjība; piedauzīgums kekotoran vuilheid svineri, sjofelheter sprośność obscenidade obscenitate непристойность, похабщина obscénnosť opolzkost vulgarnost oanständighet, snuskighet ความหยาบคาย müstehcenlik 淫穢 непристойність; вульгарність گھٹیاپن sự tục tĩu, sự bất lịch sự 淫秽
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