Dirty
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /ˈdÉœË(ɹ)ti/
- US IPA: /ˈdɜɹti/
- NYC IPA: /ˈdɜjɾi/
- Rhymes: -ÉœË(ɹ)ti
Full definition of dirty
Adjective
dirty
- Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.
- 1905, George Bernard Shaw, The author's apology from Mrs. Warren's Profession, Many persons are more comfortable when they are dirty than when they are clean; but that does not recommend dirt as a national policy.
- Despite a walk in the rain, my shoes weren't too dirty.
- That makes one unclean; corrupting, infecting.Don't put that in your mouth, dear, it's dirty.
- Morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually.At the reception, Uncle Nick got drunk and told dirty jokes to the bridesmaids.
- Dishonourable; violating accepted standards or rules.
- 2013-06-21, Oliver Burkeman, The tao of tech, 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.
- He might have scored, but it was a dirty trick that won him the penalty.
- Corrupt, illegal, or improper.I won't accept your dirty money!
- Out of tune.You need to tune that guitar, the g string sounds dirty.
- Of color, discolored by impurities.The old flag was a dirty white.
- (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.
- (slang) Carrying illegal drugs among one's possessions or inside of one's bloodstream.None of y'all get into my car if you're dirty.
- (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially in conjunction with "great".He lives in a dirty great mansion.
- Sleety; gusty; stormy.
- M. ArnoldStorms of wind, clouds of dust, an angry, dirty sea.
- Douglas Adams, So Long, and Thanks for All the FishRain 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.
- dirty weather
Synonyms
- (covered with or containing dirt) filthy, soiled, sordid, unclean, unwashed; see also
- (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
Antonyms
- (covered with or containing dirt) clean
- (violating accepted standards or rules) sportsmanlike
- (of color: discolored by impurities) bright, pure
Derived terms
Adverb
dirty
- In a dirty manner.to play dirty
Synonyms
- (in a dirty manner) deceptively, dirtily, indecently, underhandedly