dirt

noungrime, impurity

nounobscenity; immorality
nounsoil
noungossip

Word Origin & History

15c. metathesis of Middle English drit, drytt "mud, dirt, dung" (c.1300), from Old Norse drit, cognate with Old English dritan "to void excrement," from Proto-Germanic *dritanan (cf. Dutch drijten, Old High German trizan).

Used abusively of persons from c.1300. Meaning "gossip" first attested 1926 (in Hemingway); dirt bike is 1960s. Dirt-cheap is from 1821. Dirt road attested by 1852.

Example Sentences for dirt

They were putting on outer clothes from the store-room to protect them from the dirt and damp.

Dick, vaguely conscious of damp and dirt, went up to his bedroom.

But ye kin ride, b'y; so dirt don't count; clean ridin's the thing.

We worked in gangs of six, digging and passing up the dirt into the night-tubs.

In some places there are high mounds of dirt outside the city wall.

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