dirty
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English dirti, alteration of earlier dritti, equivalent to dirt + -y. See also drite.
PronunciationEdit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɜːti/
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Audio (UK) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈdɜɹti/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ti
AdjectiveEdit
dirty (comparative dirtier, superlative dirtiest)
- Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.
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1905, George Bernard Shaw, The author's apology from Mrs. Warren's Profession, page 61:
- Many persons are more comfortable when they are dirty than when they are clean; but that does not recommend dirt as a national policy.
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Despite a walk in the rain, my shoes weren't too dirty.
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- That makes one unclean; corrupting, infecting.
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Don't put that in your mouth, dear, it's dirty.
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- Morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually.
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At the reception, Uncle Nick got drunk and told dirty jokes to the bridesmaids.
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- Dishonourable; violating accepted standards or rules.
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2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 27:
- The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. […] Partly, this is a result of how online advertising has traditionally worked: advertisers pay for clicks, and a click is a click, however it's obtained.
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He might have scored, but it was a dirty trick that won him the penalty.
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- Corrupt, illegal, or improper.
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I won't accept your dirty money!
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- Out of tune.
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You need to tune that guitar, the G string sounds dirty.
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- Of color, discolored by impurities.
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The old flag was a dirty white.
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- (computing) Containing data which need to be written back to a larger memory.
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Occasionally it reads the sector into a dirty buffer, which means it needs to sync the dirty buffer first.
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- (slang) Carrying illegal drugs among one's possessions or inside of one's bloodstream.
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None of y'all get into my car if you're dirty.
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- (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially in conjunction with "great".
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He lives in a dirty great mansion.
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- Sleety; gusty; stormy.
- M. Arnold
- Storms of wind, clouds of dust, an angry, dirty sea.
- Douglas Adams, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
- Rain type 17 was a dirty blatter battering against his windscreen so hard that it didn't make much odds whether he had his wipers on or off.
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dirty weather
- M. Arnold
SynonymsEdit
- (covered with or containing dirt): filthy, soiled, sordid, unclean, unwashed; see also Thesaurus:unclean
- (violating accepted standards or rules): cheating, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike
- (obtained illegally or by improper means): ill-gotten
- (considered morally corrupt): base, dishonest, dishonorable, filthy, despicable, lousy, mean, sordid, unethical, vile
- (considered obscene or indecent): indecent, lewd, obscene, raunchy, salacious
- (of color, discolored by impurities): dingy, dullish, muddied, muddy
AntonymsEdit
- (covered with or containing dirt): clean
- (violating accepted standards or rules): sportsmanlike
- (of color: discolored by impurities): bright, pure
Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from dirty
TranslationsEdit
covered with or containing dirt
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that makes one dirty
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morally unclean, obscene or indecent
dishonourable, violating standards or rules
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illegal, improper
out of tune
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of color: discolored by impurities
computing: containing data which need to be written back to a larger memory
slang: carrying illegal drugs
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AdverbEdit
dirty (comparative more dirty, superlative most dirty)
- In a dirty manner.
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to play dirty
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SynonymsEdit
- (in a dirty manner): deceptively, dirtily, indecently, underhandedly
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
in a dirty manner
VerbEdit
dirty (third-person singular simple present dirties, present participle dirtying, simple past and past participle dirtied)
- (transitive) To make (something) dirty.
- (transitive) To stain or tarnish (somebody) with dishonor.
- (transitive) To debase by distorting the real nature of (something).
- (intransitive) To become soiled.
SynonymsEdit
- (to make dirty): soil, taint; see also Thesaurus:dirty
- (to stain or tarnish with dishonor): sully
TranslationsEdit
to make dirty
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to stain or tarnish with dishonor
to debase by distorting the real nature of
to become soiled
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