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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
dirty
I.adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a clean/dirty environment
▪ People who live in a very clean environment may have a lower immunity to germs.
a dirty bomb (=that spreads radioactive material)
a dirty joke (=about sex)
▪ A bunch of boys were telling dirty jokes.
a dirty mark
▪ What’s that dirty mark on your coat?
a dirty secret (=a shameful secret)
▪ The exclusion of black people from the film industry is one of Hollywood’s dirty little secrets.
a dirty word (=a rude word)
▪ You couldn’t say dirty words on television.
clean/dirty laundry
▪ a bag of dirty laundry
dirty looks (=unfriendly looks)
▪ Why has Jake been giving me dirty looks all morning?
dirty old man
dirty
▪ Diseases can be spread by dirty water.
dirty
▪ How did you get such dirty nails?
dirty/soiled
▪ Where shall I put the dirty nappy?
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
player
▪ Even the dirtiest player in National Football League history.
work
▪ Her unnecessary decision to do the dirtiest work in the place struck them as alarming.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a dirty/rotten/mean trick
▪ Bomb threats and other dirty tricks kept many voters at home.
filthy dirty
▪ Pete came in filthy dirty from playing in the backyard.
get your hands dirty
talk dirty (to sb)
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Do you have any dirty clothes you need me to wash?
▪ Having to lay employees off is a dirty job.
▪ He used to keep a collection of dirty books hidden under his bed.
▪ How did the floor get so dirty?
▪ Look how dirty your hands are!
▪ Take off those dirty jeans.
▪ The government led a dirty war against its own citizens.
▪ They just sit around telling dirty jokes - it's very boring.
▪ We were hot and dirty after working in the garden all afternoon.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ I didn't anticipate spending days mucking out some of the dirtiest piggeries I had ever seen.
▪ The air in El Paso is arguably the dirtiest in Texas, violating federal standards for ozone, carbon monoxide and particulates.
II.verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a dirty/rotten/mean trick
▪ Bomb threats and other dirty tricks kept many voters at home.
filthy dirty
▪ Pete came in filthy dirty from playing in the backyard.
get your hands dirty
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ As he stood on the pavement, muddy water splashed up and dirtied his trousers.
▪ There were cigarette butts and dirtied napkins everywhere.
▪ You can borrow my gloves, but please try not to dirty them.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He opened a book with his thumbnail, as if afraid of dirtying his fingers.
▪ The army, long seen as standing above the fray, dirtied its reputation in Kashmir earlier this year.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
dirty

Colorless \Col"or*less\, a.

  1. Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent; as, colorless water; a colorless gas.

    Note: [Narrower terms: ashen, bloodless, livid, lurid, pale, pallid, pasty, wan, waxen; neutral; white] [Also See: achromatic, colorless.]

  2. Free from any manifestation of partial or peculiar sentiment or feeling; not disclosing likes, dislikes, prejudice, etc.; as, colorless music; a colorless style; definitions should be colorless.

  3. having lost its normal color.

    Note: [Narrower terms: blanched, etiolate, etiolated, whitened; bleached, faded, washed-out, washy; dimmed, dulled, grayed; dirty; dull, sober, somber, subfusc] colored

    Syn: colorless, uncolored, uncoloured.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
dirty

c.1500, from dirt + -y (2). Earlier dritty (late 14c.). Meaning "smutty, morally unclean" is from 1590s. Of colors, from 1690s. Dirty linen "personal or familial secrets" is first recorded 1860s. Dirty work in the figurative sense is from 1764; dirty trick is from 1670s. The dirty look someone gives you is from 1928; dirty old man "superannuated lecher" is from 1932. Related: dirtiness.

dirty

1590s, from dirty (adj.). Related: Dirtied; dirtying.

Wiktionary
dirty
  1. 1 unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime. 2 That makes one unclean; corrupting, infecting. 3 Morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually. 4 dishonourable; violating accepted standards or rules. adv. In a dirty manner. v

  2. 1 (context transitive English) To make (something) dirty. 2 (context transitive English) To stain or tarnish (somebody) with dishonor. 3 (context transitive English) To debase by distorting the real nature of (something). 4 (context intransitive English) To become soiled.

WordNet
dirty
  1. v. make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!" [syn: soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire] [ant: clean]

  2. [also: dirtied, dirtiest, dirtier]

dirty
  1. adj. soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves" [syn: soiled, unclean] [ant: clean]

  2. (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency; "dirty words"; "a dirty old man"; "dirty books and movies"; "boys telling dirty jokes"; "has a dirty mouth" [ant: clean]

  3. vile; despicable; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor" [syn: filthy, lousy]

  4. spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination; "the air near the foundry was always dirty"; "the air near the foundry was always dirty"; "a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout" [syn: contaminating] [ant: clean]

  5. contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen [syn: contaminated, infected, pestiferous]

  6. (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; "dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy) white"; "the muddied gray of the sea"; "muddy colors"; "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair" [syn: dingy, muddied, muddy]

  7. (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy" [syn: foul, marked-up]

  8. obtained illegally or by improper means; "dirty money"; "ill-gotten gains" [syn: ill-gotten]

  9. expressing or revealing hostility or dislike; "dirty looks"

  10. violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior" [syn: cheating(a), foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike]

  11. unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign" [syn: sordid]

  12. unpleasantly stormy; "there's dirty weather in the offing"

  13. [also: dirtied, dirtiest, dirtier]

Wikipedia
Dirty (disambiguation)

Dirty may refer to:

Dirty (film)

Dirty is a 2005 American crime drama film directed by Chris Fisher. The film stars Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Clifton Collins, Jr. The film was released in the United States on November 9, 2005.

Dirty (Sonic Youth album)

Dirty is the seventh studio album by American alternative rock band Sonic Youth. It was released on July 21, 1992 by record label DGC. The band recorded and produced the album with Butch Vig in early 1992 at the Magic Shop studios. The sound on Dirty was inspired by the grunge scene of the time, and was described as avant-rock. Some songs on the album mark the first appearance of three guitars in Sonic Youth songs. The album was remastered and released on quadruple vinyl and double CD in 2003.

The album spawned four singles. The first single was " 100%"; it charted well, but was not the crossover hit the label anticipated. The next was " Youth Against Fascism", which did not chart well. The last two were " Sugar Kane" and " Drunken Butterfly", released in 1993. "Sugar Kane" did better commercially than "Youth Against Fascism". The album sold exceptionally well, reaching No. 6 in the UK Albums Chart (their highest charting album in the UK) and No. 83 in the US.

In support of the album, the band embarked on the "Pretty Fucking Dirty" tour of 1992 and 1993, where most of Dirty was played. In late 1992, they toured North America, and in early 1993, they toured New Zealand and Australia and released the Whores Moaning EP, which featured most of the "Sugar Kane" B-sides.

Dirty (group)

Dirty is a hip hop duo from Montgomery, Alabama, composed of cousins Big Pimp (Daniel Thomas, born 1978) and Mr. G Stacka The Gangsta (Tarvares Webster, born 1983). Their most popular album, Keep It Pimp & Gangsta peaked at number thirteen on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and number 63 on the Billboard 200.

Dirty (One-Eyed Doll album)

Dirty is the fourth studio album by Texan band One-Eyed Doll. It was released on 14 July, 2012 and was the first one where the band went to an outside producer. The album was produced at RadioStar Studios in Weed, CA and mastered in Sweden.

Dirty (Aborym studio album)

Dirty is the sixth studio album by the Italian/ Norwegian industrial black metal band Aborym, released on May 28, 2013, through Agonia Records. It's a double album, with the second disc containing re-worked versions of older tracks and covers.

Usage examples of "dirty".

Chemical rockets in the nose fired to slow it, dirty ablation smoke was pouring out of all ninety-six brake drums.

Another moment she could see, as if through a dirtied window, some place she knew, but had lost, and her old bones ached with wanting to be there.

Across the road, beyond the shuttered se afront kiosks, the sky was a dirty grey mass of rolling clouds, imitating the swell and froth of the sea.

Pellicano, in turn, had allegedly subcontracted Proctor to do the dirty work for ten thousand dollars.

The buildings all seemed the same with a kind of self-important aloofness about them, and the streets were littered and dirty.

Elizabeth continued her walk alone, crossing field after field at a quick pace, jumping over stiles and springing over puddles with impatient activity, and finding herself at last within view of the house, with weary ancles, dirty stockings, and a face glowing with the warmth of exercise.

Wicked get-down dirty sex portrayed in an atmosphere of wholesome hygienic athleticism was a combination calculated to tease beyond enduring the national cleft.

Boris Tiban found himself assigned to a work detail in the Baku oil fields, away from the more civilized Republics to a place where work was hard and dirty and constant, so that he should have no time to think about causing trouble.

But in the barracks he screamed and wept again, and as Foyle led him down the long room, the naked bawds swept up armfuls of dirty clothes and shook them before his eyes.

I made my way to the poor child, who was one of the dirtiest little unfortunates I ever saw, and found him very hot and frightened and crying loudly, fixed by the neck between two iron railings, while a milkman and a beadle, with the kindest intentions possible, were endeavouring to drag him back by the legs, under a general impression that his skull was compressible by those means.

He said Begob, and he had a dirty nose Come back, it is very bad manners to walk off when a lady is speaking to you.

Infantile mortality--due chiefly to beriberi, which meant malnutrition, and to tetanus, which meant dirty handling at birth, reached 773.

However, a friendly yokel gave me a lift out to Billabong in a very dirty and springless buggy, so that the mistake was not a fatal one, though it gave me a very uncomfortable drive.

I could see the bogmen giving me dirty looks because I was talking to Bubble.

I wanted to drive deep into the Atchafalaya Swamp, past the confines of reason, into the past, into a world of lost dialects, gator hunters, busthead whiskey, moss harvesters, Jax beer, trotline runners, moonshiners, muskrat trappers, cockfights, bloodred boudin, a jigger of Jim Beam lowered into a frosted schooner of draft, outlaw shrimpers, dirty rice black from the pot, hogmeat cooked in rum, Pearl and Regal and Grand Prize and Lone Star iced down in washtubs, crawfish boiled with cob corn and artichokes, all of it on the tree-flooded, alluvial rim of the world, where the tides and the course of the sun were the only measures of time.