dirt

dirt

S3 [də:t US də:rt] n [U]

[Date: 1200-1300; : Old Norse; Origin: drit]

1.) any substance that makes things dirty, such as mud or dust

▪ You should have seen the dirt on that car!

▪ His face and hands were black with dirt.

▪ a patch of grass, covered in dog dirt (=waste from a dog's bowels)

2.) especially AmE earth or soil

▪ Michael threw his handful of dirt onto the coffin.

in (the) dirt

▪ The children had been sitting in the dirt.

3.) informal information about someone's private life or activities which could give people a bad opinion of them if it became known

▪ The newspapers had been digging up dirt on the President.

4.) talk, writing, a film etc that is considered bad or immoral because it is about sex

→dish the dirt at ↑dish² , hit/strike paydirt at ↑paydirt,hit the dirt at ↑hit¹ (17), treat sb like dirt at ↑treat¹ (1)