smut

Speech parts

1. smut - Noun

2. smut - Verb

Meaning

Foul matter, like soot or coal dust; also, a spot or soil made by such matter.

Bad, soft coal, containing much earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults.

An affection of cereal grains producing a swelling which is at length resolved into a powdery sooty mass. It is caused by parasitic fungi of the genus Ustilago. Ustilago segetum, or U. Carbo, is the commonest kind; that of Indian corn is Ustilago maydis.

Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.

To stain or mark with smut; to blacken with coal, soot, or other dirty substance.

To taint with mildew, as grain.

To blacken; to sully or taint; to tarnish.

To clear of smut; as, to smut grain for the mill.

To gather smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted.

To give off smut; to crock.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

filth pornography soot obscenity porn crud dirt dirty stain impurity indecency erotica grime muck smudge
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Antonyms

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Hypernyms

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Hyponyms

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Phrases with the word

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Derivatives

smutted smutting

Anagrams

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Examples

Violence and smut are of course everywhere on the airwaves. You cannot turn on your television without seeing them, although sometimes you have to hunt around. Dave Barry

Smut is a target for reconstructed cricketing accidents -- he is the Cricket Saint Sebastian. Peter Greenaway

The judges' obsession with smut is astounding. Phyllis Schlafly

Politics is my hobby. Smut is my vocation. Larry Flynt

Senator Smoot (Republican, Ut.) Is planning a ban on smut. Ogden Nash

the corn smutted and could not be eaten Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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