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dirt
[ durt ]
noun
- any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- earth or soil, especially when loose.
- something or someone vile, mean, or worthless:
After that last outburst of hers I thought she was dirt.
- moral filth; vileness; corruption.
- obscene or lewd language:
to talk dirt.
- Informal. gossip, especially of a malicious, lurid, or scandalous nature:
Tell me all the latest dirt.
Synonyms: scuttlebutt, rumor, slander, scandal
- private or personal information which if made public would create a scandal or ruin the reputation of a person, company, etc.
- Mining.
- crude, broken ore or waste.
- (in placer mining) the material from which gold is separated by washing.
dirt
/ dɜːt /
noun
- any unclean substance, such as mud, dust, excrement, etc; filth
- loose earth; soil
- packed earth, gravel, cinders, etc, used to make a racetrack
- ( as modifier )
a dirt track
- mining the gravel or soil from which minerals are extracted
- a person or thing regarded as worthless
- obscene or indecent speech or writing
- slang.gossip; scandalous information
- moral corruption
- do someone dirt slang.to do something vicious to someone
- dish the dirt informal.to spread malicious gossip
- eat dirt slang.to accept insult without complaining
- treat someone like dirtto have no respect or consideration for someone
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dirt1
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Origin of dirt1
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Idioms and Phrases
- eat dirt, Informal. to accept blame, guilt, criticism, or insults without complaint; humble or abase oneself:
The prosecutor seemed determined to make the defendant eat dirt.
- do (someone) dirt. dirty ( def 18 ).
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In addition to the idiom beginning with dirt , also see dig up (dirt) ; dish the dirt ; eat crow (dirt) ; hit the deck (dirt) ; pay dirt ; treat like dirt . Also see under dirty .Discover More
Example Sentences
Turns out that wool regulates temperature, repels water, wicks away moisture, and resists stains and dirt.
They slapped and punched him, and when he fell, dragged him through the dirt.
In one case a detainee was dragged naked along the dirt floor.
And Madusa had spent time on motorcycles, dirt bikes and four wheelers, among other rides.
But how is it they never lose that hunger to turn over the next shovel of dirt?
He walked first to one side, and then the other, rooting in the dirt with his funny, rubbery nose.
Then a shower of dirt flew into their faces and both Jolly Robin and his wife tumbled over backward.
I pulled the saddle off my horse, slapped it down on the dirt floor, and went stalking up to the long cabin.
Thence were taken fifteen baskets of gravel and dirt, which has the color of coal, in order to assay it.
Nor can this dirt be worked without danger of caving in, as was the case in all the veins and works that were on that elevation.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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