Definition of DIRT

dirt

Plural: dirts

Noun

  • Loose earth, soil, or any unclean matter.
  • the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
  • the state of being covered with unclean things
  • obscene terms for feces
  • disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
  • Soil or earth.
  • A stain or spot (on clothes etc); any foreign substance that worsens appearance.
  • Previously unknown facts or rumors about a person.
  • Meanness; sordidness.
  • In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing.
  • Freckles.
  • Excrement; dung.

Adjective Satellite

  • (of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel

Verb

  • To make foul or filthy; soil; befoul; dirty

Examples

  • He didn’t want to dig through the DIRT of his rack for a good word; he wanted it clean.
  • The reporter uncovered the dirt on the businessman by going undercover.

Origin / 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 Norwegian dritt (“excrement”), dialectal Swedish dret (“shit”), Icelandic drit (“bird excrement”), Dutch drijten (“to defecate”), drits (“dirt, mud, filth”) and drijt, dreet (“excrement”), Low German drieten (“to defecate”), Driet (“shit”), regional German Driss (“shit”), Old English ġedrītan (“to defecate”).

Synonyms

crap, filth, grease, grime, grunge, malicious gossip, poop, scandal, shit, shite, soil, stain, turd, ungraded, gossip, kompromat

Scrabble Score: 5

dirt: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
dirt: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dirt: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 5

dirt: valid Words With Friends Word