dirt (dûrt)n.1. Earth or soil. 2. a. A filthy or soiling substance, such as mud or dust. b. Excrement. 3. A squalid or filthy condition. 4. One that is mean, contemptible, or vile. 5. a. Obscene language or subject matter. b. Malicious or scandalous gossip. c. Information that embarrasses or accuses. 6. Unethical behavior or practice; corruption. 7. Material, such as gravel or slag, from which metal is extracted in mining.
[Middle English, variant of drit, excrement, filth, mud, from Old Norse.] |
dirt Noun 1. any unclean substance, such as mud; filth 2. loose earth; soil 3. packed earth, cinders, etc., used to make a racetrack 4. obscene speech or writing 5. Informal harmful gossip [Old Norse drit excrement] Dirta devotion to or worship of filth and obscenity. Rare. an abnormal fear of being dirty. 1. the condition of being befouled or besmirched. 2. the material causing this condition. — feculent, adj. 1. the state or condition of being sooty or smoky. 2. soot or smoke. — fuliginous, adj. the state or quality of being blemished, stained, or spotted, as with dirt. Also maculation. — maculate, adj. an abnormal fear of dirt, especially of being contaminated by dirt. an abnormal attraction to filth. an abnormal fear of filth.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. | dirt - the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rockmarl - a loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite; used as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime regosol - a type of soil consisting of unconsolidated material from freshly deposited alluvium or sand alluvial soil - a fine-grained fertile soil deposited by water flowing over flood plains or in river beds bog soil - poorly drained soils on top of peat and under marsh or swamp vegetation clay - a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired earth, ground - the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface; "they dug into the earth outside the church" caliche, hardpan - crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions fuller's earth - an absorbent soil resembling clay; used in fulling (shrinking and thickening) woolen cloth and as an adsorbent gumbo, gumbo soil - any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water humus - partially decomposed organic matter; the organic component of soil Indian red - a red soil containing ferric oxide; often used as a pigment laterite - a red soil produced by rock decay; contains insoluble deposits of ferric and aluminum oxides loam - a rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials loess - a fine-grained unstratified accumulation of clay and silt deposited by the wind mould, mold - loose soil rich in organic matter mud, clay - water soaked soil; soft wet earth bole - a soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment) prairie soil - a type of soil occurring under grasses in temperate climates sand - a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral silt - mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake boulder clay, till - unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together tundra soil - a black mucky soil with a frozen subsoil that is characteristic of Arctic and subarctic regions wiesenboden - a dark meadow soil rich in organic material; developed through poor drainage in humid grassy or sedge regions | | 2. | dirt - the state of being covered with unclean things | | 3. | dirt - obscene terms for feces | | 4. | dirt - disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other peoplescuttlebutt, gossip, comment - a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip" | | Adj. | 1. | dirt - (of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travelunimproved - not made more desirable or valuable or profitable; especially not made ready for use or marketing; "taxes on unimproved land are low"; "unimproved dirt roads" |
dirt noun 1. filth, muck, grime, dust, mud, stain, crap ( taboo), ( slang) tarnish, smudge, mire, impurity, slob Irish crud ( slang) kak S. African ( taboo), ( slang) grot ( slang)
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