Smut

Pronunciation

• IPA: /smÊŒt/

Origin

Late Middle English, related to German verb schmutzen (to make dirty)

Full definition of smut

Noun

1. (uncountable) Soot.
2. (uncountable) Sexually vulgar material; something that is sexual in a dirty way; pornographic material.
3. (uncountable) Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.
• AddisonHe does not stand upon decency ... but will talk smut, though a priest and his mother be in the room.
4. (derogatory) A promiscuous woman.
5. Any of a range of fungi, mostly Ustilaginomycetes, that cause plant disease in grasses, including cereal crops; the disease so caused.
6. (mining) Bad, soft coal containing earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults.

Synonyms

• (soot) filth
• (sexually vulgar or pornographic material) filth
• (promiscuous woman) slut

Derived terms

• corn smut
• smutty

Verb

1. To stain (or be stained) with soot etc.
2. (intransitive) To gather smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted.
3. To taint (grain, etc.) with the smut fungus.
4. To clear of the smut fungus.to smut grain for the mill

Anagrams

• must, stum, tums, UMTS, UTMS