dirt

n.

1. Earth or soil.
2. 1. A filthy or soiling substance, such as mud or dust.
   2. Excrement.
3. A squalid or filthy condition.
4. One that is mean, contemptible, or vile.
5. 1. Obscene language or subject matter.
   2. Malicious or scandalous gossip.
   3. 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.]

noun

1. Foul or dirty matter: filth, grime, muck. Slang crud. See clean/dirty.
2. Something that is offensive to accepted standards of decency: bawdry, filth, obscenity, profanity, ribaldry, scatology, smut, vulgarity. Slang raunch. See decent/indecent.

Idioms beginning with dirt:
dirt cheap
dirty
dirty tricks
dirty work

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.

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n

Definition: grime, impurity
Antonyms: cleanliness, pureness, purity, sterility

n

Definition: obscenity; immorality
Antonyms: morality

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IN BRIEF: n. - Any foul or filthy substance; The part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock.

The love of dirt is among the earliest of passions. — Charles Dudley Warner, Source: My Summer in a Garden, 1870

Dirt is associated with farming, and therefore with fertility and growth. Something underneath the ground symbolizes the unconscious. Because of the social importance of cleanliness, "dirtiness" has acquired many different connotations, from guilt, to unworthiness ("dirty white trash"), to sexuality ("dirty minds").

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - snavs, jord, grus, beskidt tale, ondsindet sladder, ekskrementer, dårlig situation, skidt, euforiserende stoffer

idioms:

• dig for dirt    grave efter snavs
• dig up the dirt    grave snavset op
• dirt cheap    smadderbillig
• dirt farmer    farmer der selv dyrker sin jord
• dirt track    dirt-trackbane
• do someone dirt    bagtale, tilsvine

Nederlands (Dutch)
vuil, grond, modder, schunnigheid, lasterpraat

Français (French)
n. - saleté, terre, boue, crasse, crotte, ordure, (fig) obscénité, ragots, cancans, calomnies, (Ind) impuretés, corps étrangers, encrassement (d'une machine)

idioms:

• dig the dirt    dénicher (des ragots), déterrer (un scandale)
• dig up dirt    dénicher (des ragots), déterrer (un scandale)
• dirt cheap    donné, pour trois fois rien
• dirt farmer    (US) petit fermier
• dirt track    piste, (Sport) cendrée
• do someone dirt    faire une vacherie à qn

Deutsch (German)
n. - Erde, Dreck, Schmutz

idioms:

• dig the dirt    nach negativer Information suchen
• dig up dirt    nach negativer Information suchen
• dirt cheap    (ugs.) spottbillig
• dirt farmer    Farmer, der selbst sein Land bestellt
• dirt track    Aschenbahn
• do someone dirt    den Ruf einer Person absichtlich schaden

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ακαθαρσία, βρομιά, χώμα, σκόνη, (μτφ.) αισχρολογία, βωμολοχία, (καθομ.) σκουπίδι, ένα τίποτα

idioms:

• dig for dirt    κυνηγώ σκάνδαλα, σκανδαλοθηρώ
• dig up the dirt    ξεθάβω σκάνδαλο
• dirt cheap    (καθομ.) πάμφθηνος
• dirt farmer    κτηματίας που καλλιεργεί μόνος το κτήμα του
• dirt track    στίβος ανώμαλου δρόμου, πίστα ανώμαλου δρόμου μοτοσικλέτας
• do someone dirt    ρίχνω, κάνω βρομοδουλειά σε

Italiano (Italian)
terra, fango, sporcizia, sconcezza

idioms:

• dig up/for/the dirt    portare alla luce il marciume
• dirt cheap    da quattro soldi
• dirt track    strada in terra battuta

Português (Portuguese)
n. - sujeira (f)

idioms:

• dig up/for/the dirt    desencavar a sujeira
• dirt cheap    baratíssimo
• dirt farmer    fazendeiro (m) que faz todo o serviço em sua propriedade
• dirt track    pista (f) não asfaltada (para corridas)

Русский (Russian)
грязь, непристойность

idioms:

• dig up/for/the dirt    рыться найти скандал
• dirt cheap    дешевле не бывает
• dirt farmer    фермер без наемных рабочих
• dirt track    грунтовая дорога

Español (Spanish)
n. - tierra, barro, lodo, suciedad, mugre, indecencia, inmundicia

idioms:

• dig the dirt    buscar defectos, sacar los trapitos al sol
• dig up dirt    buscar defectos, sacar los trapitos al sol
• dirt cheap    baratísimo, tirado, regalado
• dirt farmer    campesino quien trabaja la tierra
• dirt track    pista de ripio, pista de polvo de ladrillo
• do someone dirt    dañar la reputación de alguien de modo malicioso

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - smuts

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
污垢, 泥土

idioms:

• dig for dirt    挖人隐私
• dig up the dirt    挖人隐私
• dirt cheap    非常便宜的
• dirt farmer    自耕农
• dirt track    泥土跑道
• do someone dirt    用卑劣的手段中伤某人, 恶意中伤某人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 污垢, 泥土

idioms:

• dig for dirt    挖人隱私
• dig up the dirt    挖人隱私
• dirt cheap    非常便宜的
• dirt farmer    自耕農
• dirt track    泥土跑道
• do someone dirt    用卑劣的手段中傷某人, 惡意中傷某人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 오물, 비굴, 험담, 가치 없는 것

idioms:

• do someone dirt    남을 골탕먹이다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 汚れ, 汚物, ほこり, 泥, 土, 悪口, わいせつな文章, 卑わいなことば

idioms:

• dirt cheap    ばか安い
• dirt farmer    自作農
• dirt track    ダートトラック

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) إي مادة غير نظيفه مثل الغبار أو الوحل مثلا, وسخ, تراب أو رمل, كلام بذيء, براز‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮לכלוך, עפר, ניבול פה‬

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