dirt en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /dɜːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- dûrt (General-American)
- /dɪɾt/ (Scotland)
- [deːθ̠] Liverpool, fair–fur merger
- /deːt/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
- dût (Received-Pronunciation)
- /dɛːt/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
- /dɝt/ (General-American)
- /døːt/ (New-Zealand, Wales)
Etymology
From Middle English drit (“excrement”), from Old Norse drit (“excrement”), from Proto-Germanic *dritą, *dritō (“excrement”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreyd-, *treydʰ- (“to have diarrhea”). Cognate with dialectal Danish and Norn drit (“excrement”), Norwegian dritt (“excrement”), dialectal Swedish dret (“shit”), Faroese and Icelandic drit (“bird excrement”), Dutch drijten (“to defecate”), drits (“dirt, mud, filth”), drijt and dreet (“excrement”), Low German drieten (“to defecate”), Driet (“shit”), regional German Driss (“shit”), Old English ġedrītan (“to defecate”). The word originally referred to excrement before shifting to the current sense of "soil". For a semantic parallel, see Norwegian skitt (“dirt, filth, grime, mud”), from Old Norse skítr (“shit”), which is cognate with English shit.
Meanings
- (US, uncountable, usually) Soil or earth.
- (uncountable, usually) A stain or spot (on clothes etc); any foreign substance that worsens appearance.
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(uncountable, usually) Previously unknown facts or rumors about a person.
The reporter uncovered the dirt on the businessman by going undercover.
Perhaps inevitably, as the manipulation of the stars' public images became ever more rigorous, so too did the efforts of gossip columnists such as Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper to uncover dirt and scandal.
2011, David Puttnam, Movies and Money, Vintage, →ISBN:
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(figuratively, uncountable, usually) Meanness; sordidness.
honours […] thrown away upon dirt and infamy
1810, W. Melmoth, transl., Letters of Pliny:
- (uncountable, usually) In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing.
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(uncountable, usually) Freckles.
I'm one of Charlie's Angels too, but I'm the one with the dirty face.
1983, Pat Phoenix, Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt, page 158:Whatever you love about your freckles, they make you unique and beautiful. Don't always feel that you need to clean that dirt off your face with that foundation powder or contour layers. You're naturally beautiful as you are!
2016, Lindsay Bowman, To The Girls With Dirt On Their Faces:a dirty-faced redhead poked a soiled kerchief beneath my nose, and charmlessly wheedled, "Spare coppers, mister, Spare coppers!" This runny-nosed waif, a "knacker" in the Dublin vernacular, was of the traveling breed who had of late given up their painted wagons for the grimy ghettos of the city. The child -God Bless the Mark- had freckles that splotched her face as though God had applied them too hurriedly with a blunt brush.
2005, Kevin O'Hara, Last of the Donkey Pilgrims: A Man's Journey Through Ireland, page 244:
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(archaic, uncountable, usually) Excrement; dung.
And the haft also went in after the blade: and the fatte closed vpon the blade, so that hee could not drawe the dagger out of his belly, and the dirt came out.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Judges 3:22:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| durt | alternative | lexicographic | |
| dirts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
white dirt · dirt farmer · dirty · dirt-poor · dirt-cheap · dirt bath · washdirt · dirt file · dish the dirt · dirt road · dirt pie · dirt bag · wood dirt · dirtbag · older than dirt · pound dirt · dirt cheap · dirt-box · dirt-dauber · treat like dirt · dirt farming · eat dirt · dirt sticks · dirtless · dirt nap · snirt · dirt stache · pay dirt · dig up dirt · fill dirt · dirthead · dirt cake · throw dirt on · take a dirt nap · dirtbrain · dirten · dirtbike · dirtwad · dirtboard · dirthole · dumb as dirt · dirtball · drag through the dirt · dirtproof · dirtsome · dirt sandwich · dirt bike · dog dirt · throw dirt · do someone dirt · dirt chute · dirt dauber · dirt jumping · dirtlike · dirt poor · dirtman · permanent dirt · dirt bed · dirtfall · dirtside · dirt devil · common as dirt · dirt track · bedirt · hit the dirt · dirtbird · dirt yard · dirtful
Synonyms
Translations (256)
lo ໄຄ (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · es mugre (unclean matter) · ami 'oning (soil or earth) · pt terra (soil or earth) · ar قَذَارَة (unclean matter) · pt sujeira (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · sl zemlja (soil or earth) · ne धुलो (soil or earth) · sh нечисто̀ћа (unclean matter) · myv рудаз (unclean matter) · lv netīrumi (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · fa-ira چِرْک (unclean matter) · hy կոմպրոմատ (previously unknown negative information, kompromat) · fi lika (unclean matter) · aho 𑜓𑜢𑜃𑜫 (soil or earth) · sh прља́вштина (unclean matter) · it sporco (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · txb krāke (soil or earth) · cs špína (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · srn doti (soil or earth) · de Schmutz (unclean matter) · cmn 黑料 (previously unknown negative information, kompromat) · aho 𑜃𑜢𑜃𑜫 (soil or earth) · be зямля́ (soil or earth) · be гразь (soil or earth) · es mugor (unclean matter) · he לִכְלוּךְ (previously unknown negative information, kompromat) · mn хир (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · cmn 泥土 (soil or earth) · ota چرك (unclean matter) · nb smuss (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · vi bụi (soil or earth) · ru грязь (soil or earth) · sw takataka (previously unknown negative information, kompromat) · za doem (soil or earth) · pl brud (unclean matter) · ja 泥 (unclean matter) · ja 泥土 (soil or earth) · fr boue (soil or earth) · as মলি (soil or earth) · ru грязь (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · ja 土 (soil or earth) · hu föld (soil or earth) · sq dhe (soil or earth) · ne कसिङ्गर (soil or earth) · sw takataka (soil or earth) · ne मैलो (soil or earth) · sw takataka (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · de Schmutz (previously unknown negative information, kompromat) · fi loka (previously unknown negative information, kompromat) · alt тобрак (soil or earth) · lmw jówa (soil or earth) · nb skitt (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · khb ᦡᦲᧃ (soil or earth) · nv łeezh (soil or earth) · yi שמוץ (soil or earth) · ja 汚物 (unclean matter) · ka მიწა (soil or earth) · te మురికి (soil or earth) · bg земя́ (soil or earth) · da snavs (unclean matter) · hy կեղտ (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · xsb yangat (soil or earth) · ota كیر (unclean matter) · my ကြေး (soil or earth) · lo ຕົມ (soil or earth) · fa-ira کَثافَت (soil or earth) · fi tahra (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · pl ziemia (soil or earth) · arz تراب (soil or earth) · ro mizerie (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · sk špina (unclean matter) · mn шороо (soil or earth) · bg по́чва (soil or earth) · ur میل (soil or earth) · ka ტალახი (soil or earth) · hy կեղտ (unclean matter) · bg компрома́т (previously unknown negative information, kompromat) · ar تُرَاب (soil or earth) · ga salachar (soil or earth) · de Dreck (previously unknown negative information, kompromat) · hi गंदगी (soil or earth) · it terra (soil or earth) · de Dreck (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · sl umazanija (unclean matter) · hi मैल (soil or earth) · bg мръсоти́я (unclean matter) · pl kompromat (previously unknown negative information, kompromat) · cs špína (unclean matter) · ta சறடு (soil or earth) · de Unrat (previously unknown negative information, kompromat) · ur گَنْدَگی (soil or earth) · ckb خۆڵ (soil or earth) · ru пятно́ (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · ckb خاک (soil or earth) · fi tomu (soil or earth) · ur مِٹّی (soil or earth) · lo ຮອຽດ່າງ (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · sa मल (soil or earth) · nb flekk (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · es mugre (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · ko 더러움 (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · ru земля́ (soil or earth) · yi ערד (soil or earth) · vi bùn (soil or earth) · be бруд (unclean matter) · pl brud (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · lo ດິນ (soil or earth) · bg петно́ (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · za namh (soil or earth) · fr ordure (unclean matter) · ckb چڵک (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · ro murdărie (unclean matter) · de Boden (soil or earth) · de Kompromat (previously unknown negative information, kompromat) · mn тоос (unclean matter) · ko 진흙 (soil or earth) · de Erde (soil or earth) · ja ダート (soil or earth) · luy buchafu (previously unknown negative information, kompromat) · dlg кир (unclean matter) · uk пля́ма (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · ru грязь (unclean matter) · mr मळ (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · eo malpuraĵo (unclean matter) · de Fleck (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · ain トゥㇽ (soil or earth) · sv jord (soil or earth) · th ดิน (soil or earth) · ky кир (unclean matter) · trw مَل (soil or earth) · shn လိၼ် (soil or earth) · he עָפָר (soil or earth) · uk компрома́т (previously unknown negative information, kompromat) · hy հող (soil or earth) · ro pământ (soil or earth) · cmn 穢物 /秽物 (unclean matter) · alt јер (soil or earth) · lo ສິງປະດິກູນ (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · es suciedad (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · sv lort (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · yi דרעק (soil or earth) · ar قَذَارَة (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · sk zem (soil or earth) · fr kompromat (previously unknown negative information, kompromat) · bg мръсоти́я (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · as ওখল (soil or earth) · vi đất (soil or earth) · bcl ati (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · pam dinat (soil or earth) · tr dedikodu (previously unknown negative information, kompromat) · mn даг (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · alt кир (soil or earth) · km ដី (soil or earth) · ota پیسلك (unclean matter) · ca bruticia (unclean matter) · fr saleté (unclean matter) · cmn 黑材料 (previously unknown negative information, kompromat) · he לִכְלוּךְ (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · fr terre (soil or earth) · la caenum (soil or earth) · cmn 污點 /污点 (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · ro murdărie (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · ru компрома́т (previously unknown negative information, kompromat) · la sordēs (soil or earth) · be пля́ма (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · tr kum (soil or earth) · be кампрама́т (previously unknown negative information, kompromat) · cmn 污 (unclean matter) · mr धूळ (soil or earth) · nb skitt (soil or earth) · fi loka (unclean matter) · be бруд (soil or earth) · izh lika (unclean matter) · mn хир (unclean matter) · sh nečistòća (unclean matter) · sh зѐмља (soil or earth) · cy baw (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · uk бруд (soil or earth) · fa-ira کِثافَت (soil or earth) · pt sujeira (previously unknown negative information, kompromat) · sh prljávština (unclean matter) · tr toprak (soil or earth) · ko 오물 (unclean matter) · te మరక (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · fi törky (previously unknown negative information, kompromat) · bni mbindo (unclean matter) · my အညစ်အထည်း (soil or earth) · ain トイ (soil or earth) · ka ჭუჭყი (unclean matter) · alt балкаш (soil or earth) · nl vuil (unclean matter) · cmn 地 (soil or earth) · ja 泥 (soil or earth) · nb smuss (unclean matter) · sh zèmlja (soil or earth) · ain コムン (soil or earth) · cmn 污垢 (soil or earth) · ga brocamas (soil or earth) · nl aarde (soil or earth) · es tierra (soil or earth) · it sudiciume (unclean matter) · rgn cacaréra (unclean matter) · ak dɔte (soil or earth) · fi multa (soil or earth) · fi lika (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · fa-ira خاک و خُل (soil or earth) · sv smuts (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · ca terra (soil or earth) · tr leke (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · cmn 土 (soil or earth) · ja 汚れ (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · ln mbindo (unclean matter) · fa-ira چِرْک (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · fi maa (soil or earth) · fr tache (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · nod ᨯᩥ᩠ᨶ (soil or earth) · be гразь (unclean matter) · cmn 污垢 (unclean matter) · arz طينة (soil or earth) · yi דרערד (soil or earth) · luy buchafu (soil or earth) · ka კომპრომატი (previously unknown negative information, kompromat) · pt sujidade (unclean matter) · de Dreck (soil or earth) · fr salissure (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · my အညစ်အကြေး (soil or earth) · ar تُرْبَة (soil or earth) · cmn 灰塵 /灰尘 (soil or earth) · chr ᎦᏓ (soil or earth) · ru по́чва (soil or earth) · hi मिट्टी (soil or earth) · izh riima (unclean matter) · es suciedad (unclean matter) · nb jord (soil or earth) · cs země (soil or earth) · sv smuts (unclean matter) · mr घाण (unclean matter) · tr kir (unclean matter) · hu piszok (unclean matter) · pl brudy (previously unknown negative information, kompromat) · sah кир (unclean matter) · el ακαθαρσία (unclean matter) · tr pislik (previously unknown negative information, kompromat) · de Schmutz (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · ur چِرْک (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · mk нечистотија (unclean matter) · yue 泥 (soil or earth) · zhn ndin (soil or earth) · evn няӈня (soil or earth) · hu piszok (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · ar بُقْعَة (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · uk земля́ (soil or earth) · tl dumi (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) · es trapos sucios (previously unknown negative information, kompromat) · uk бруд (unclean matter)