Dirt
WordNet

adjective


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

noun


(2)   Disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
(3)   The state of being covered with unclean things
(4)   The part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
(5)   Obscene terms for feces
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Etymology


Probably from drit ‘excrement’ ( > Norwegian dritt, Icelandic dritr).

Noun



  1. Soil or earth.
  2. A stain or spot (on clothes etc); any foreign substance that worsens appearance.
  3. Previously unknown negative facts (or invented "facts") about a person, gossip.
    The reporter uncovered the dirt on the businessman by going undercover.
 
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