| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Dirty.[Websters]
2. To be fatted or bloodied. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have blacked, obscured, fouled or maligned. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To have grimed or besmirched. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To be soiled or stained. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To have mucked, messed, littered or mired. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To be unfaired. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To have spotted, daubed or slurred. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To be smutted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To be wretched or wicked.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb dirty.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Base (dirtily) | 1. In a sordid manner; "as dirtily drunk as usual".[Wordnet]. 2. In a filthy unclean manner; "a dirtily dressed camel driver".[Wordnet]. 3. In a dirty manner; foully; nastily; filthily; meanly; sordidly.[Websters]. 4. In an obscene, piggish or offensive manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 5. In a stupid, idiotic, wooden or moronic manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 6. In a fat or insensate manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 7. In a fatuous or imbecilic manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 8. In a bad or dark manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 9. In a scurrilous, coarse, raw or uncivil manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Rarely used adverbial inflection of the adjective dirty.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (dirty) | 1. Make soiled, filthy, or dirty.[Wordnet]. 2. To foul; to make filthy; to soil; as, to dirty the clothes or hands.[Websters]. 3. To tarnish; to sully; to scandalize; -- said of reputation, character, etc.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: dirtying, dirtied, dirties, dirtier, dirtiers, dirtyingly and dirtiedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Being foul, filthy, unclean, grubby or squalid.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Being soiled or stained. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being blemished. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being wretched or abject. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being ribald or bawdy. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being rotten, nasty, naughty, indecent or sordid. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being cheeky, impertinent, pert or flippant. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Being vicious or wicked. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Being contemptible, vile, dastardly or villainous.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DIRTIED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1660. (references) |
Specialty Definition: dirty
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Adjective] Durty. . | 2: [Adjective] Foul; nasty; filthy; not clean; as dirty hands.. | 3: [Adjective] Not clean; not pure; turbid; as dirty water.. | 4: [Adjective] Cloudy; dark; dusky; as a dirty white.. | 5: [Adjective] Mean; base; low; despicable; groveling; as a dirty fellow; a dirty employment.. | 6: [Verb] durty.. | 7: [Verb] To foul; to make filthy; to soil; as, to dirty the clothes or hands.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| MultiLingual Slang | Catalan (pollós). (references) | ||
| Politics | Describes any of the undesirable odors that can be present in a wine that that was poorly vinified. A characteristic imparted by improperly cleaned barrels or various other processes performed incorrectly. Usually detected first in a wine by the smell of the cork stopper or from a barrel sample. Not to be confused with corked wines where the stopper is thought to be responsible. See also YEASTY/YEASTLIKE. (references) | ||
| Slang | Adverb. Source: Linguistic 101 students at the University of Oregon. Definition: To fly with flaps or gear extended - to "dirty" the air around the aircraft. Context: Might be used in in-cockpit communication to a co-pilot. Social Source: Military Aviators. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) | ||
| Wikipedic | Dirty is an album by Sonic Youth that was originally released on July 21 1992. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Adjective] (computing) Containing data which need to be overwritten. (references) | 2: [Adjective] (computing) Containing data which need to be written back to a larger memory. Occasionally it reads the sector into a dirty buffer, which means it needs to sync the dirty buffer first. (references) | 3: [Adjective] (of color) Discolored by impurities. The old flag was a dirty white. (references) | 4: [Adjective] (slang) Carrying illegal drugs. None of y'all get into my car if you're dirty. (references) | 5: [Adjective] Corrupt, illegal, or improper. I won't accept your dirty money!. (references) | 6: [Adjective] Dishonourable; violating accepted standards or rules. He might have scored, but it was a dirty trick that won him the penalty. (references) | 7: [Adjective] Morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually. At the reception, Uncle Nick got drunk and told dirty jokes to the bridesmaids. (references) | 8: [Adjective] That makes one unclean; corrupting, infecting. Don't put that in your mouth, dear, it's dirty. (references) | 9: [Adjective] Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime. Despite a walk in the rain, my shoes weren't too dirty. (references) | 10: [Adverb] In a dirty manner. (references) | 11: [Verb] (intransitive) To become soiled. (references) | 12: [Verb] (transitive) To debase by distorting the real nature of (something). (references) | 13: [Verb] (transitive) To make (something) dirty. (references) | 14: [Verb] (transitive) To stain or tarnish (somebody) with dishonor. (references) |
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Common Expressions: dirty
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Cartman's Mom is a Dirty Slut | The storyline was resolved in Cartman's Mom is Still a Dirty Slut. (references) | ||
| Cartman's Mom is Still a Dirty Slut | In South Park, Cartman's Mom is Still a Dirty Slut is the sequel to the cliffhanger finale of season one. This episode was originally scheduled to the the premiere of Season Two. Because that day was April Fool's Day, 1998, the creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, decided to air a completely irrelevant Terrence and Philip episode. This apparently upset many viewers, but the episode finally aired three weeks later. (references) | ||
| Dirty Beasts | Dirty Beasts is a collection of Roald Dahl poems about unsuspecting animals. Intended as a follow-up to Revolting Rhymes, it was originally illustrated by Rosemary Fawcett. However, a revised edition was published with illustrations by Quentin Blake. (references) | ||
| Dirty bomb | An atom bomb that leaves considerable radioactive contamination. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Dirty clubs | Dirty clubs is the name given to a number of variations of Euchre popular in the midwest United States. Like Euchre, these games are trick-taking card games; unlike Euchre, the players must bid on how many tricks they will take. In this respect, dirty clubs bears a superficial resemblance to contract bridge. (references) | ||
| Dirty Devil River | The Dirty Devil River is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately 80 mi (129 km) long, in south central Utah in the United States. (references) | ||
| Dirty Dick's (London pub) | Dirty Dick's is an old pub in Bishopsgate, London, United Kingdom, a short walk from Liverpool Street station. Its name refers to its original owner, an ironmonger called Nathaniel Bentley, who suffered a nervous breakdown after his fiancé died the day before their wedding. When he retired in 1804 his shop was bought and turned into a pub. His dead stuffed cats and other possessions were put on display. It was cleared up in the 1980s for health & safety reasons, although it still retains much of its character. (references) | ||
| Dirty dog | A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Dirty History | Dirty History is a 53:04 long album, created by Anybody Killa in the year 2004. (references) | ||
| Dirty Jobs | Dirty Jobs is a program on the Discovery Channel where host Mike Rowe is shown performing some of the difficult job duties alongside the workers. It premiered on July 26 2005. It features American laborers who make their living doing "unthinkable, yet vital" vocations. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: dirty
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Dirty basing | Health | Crack Cocaine. (references) | |
| Dirty coal | Mining | Scot. A coal seam with thick partings of blaes or fireclay; a very ashycoal. (references) | |
| Dirty float | Banking | A type of floating exchange rate that is not completely freely floating because central banks intervene from time to time to alter the rate from its free-market level. It is still a floating rate because it has not been pegged at a predetermined par value. (references) | |
| Dirty gas | Environment | Flue gas which is put through a gas cleaning system; cf. cleaned gas. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Dirty Half-Hundred | Literature | The 50th Foot, so called from the men wiping their faces with their black cuffs. Now called "The Queen's Own." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| Dirty joints | Health | Combination of crack cocaine and marijuana. (references) | |
| Dirty Lane | Literature | Now called Abingdon Street, Westminster. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| Dirty power | Computing | Dirty power Electrical mains voltage that is unfriendly to the delicate innards of computers. Spikes, drop-outs, average voltage significantly higher or lower than nominal, or just plain noise can all cause problems of varying subtlety and severity (these are collectively known as power hits). [Jargon File]. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.. | |
| Dirty power | Computing | Dirty power n. Electrical mains voltage that is unfriendly to the delicate innards of computers. Spikes, drop-outs, average voltage significantly higher or lower than nominal, or just plain noise can all cause problems of varying subtlety and severity (these are collectively known as power hits). Source: Jargon File.. | |
| Dirty proof | Art | In printing, a proof of typeset copy containing many errors, or one returned to the printer heavily corrected. A clean proof contains no errors or corrections. (references) | |
| DIRTY PUZZLE | Slang in 1811 | DIRTY PUZZLE. A nasty slut. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
| Dirty ridge | Weather | Most of the time, upper-level ridges bring fairly clear weather as the storms are steered around the ridge. Sometimes, however, strong storms undercut the ridge and create precipitation. Ridges that experience this undercutting by storms are known as dirty ridges because of the unusual precipitation. (references) | |
| Dirty sheet | Environment | A slang term for a sketch showing the current progress and details of the field work of a cadastral survey. (references) | |
| Dirty Shirts | Literature | (The). The 101st Foot, which fought at Delhi in their shirt-sleeves (1857). Now called "The Royal Bengal Fusileers." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| Dirty slut | MultiLingual Slang | Persian (nekbat), Russian (padlo). (references) | |
| Dirty waste stream | Nuclear Energy & Physics | Normally nontritiated, aerated, high-conductivity, nonprimary-coolant quality liquids collected from building sumps and floor and sample station drains. These liquids are not readily amenable for reuse as primary coolant makeup water. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Scornful Dogs will eat dirty Puddings | Literature | 1: In emergency men will do many things they would scorn to do in easy circumstances. Darius and Alexander will drink dirty water and think it nectar when distressed with thirst. Kings and queens, to make good their escape in times of danger, will put on the most menial disguise. And hungry men will not be over particular as to the food they eat. 2: " `All nonsense and pride,' said the laird. ... `Scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings.' "- Sir W. Scott: Redgauntlet, chap. xi. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| Something nasty or dirty | MultiLingual Slang | Portuguese (sacanagem). (references) | |
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