Definitions for Dirty
ˈdɜr tiDirty

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. dirty, soiled, uncleanadjective

   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"

2. dirtyadjective

   (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"

3. dirty, filthy, lousyadjective

   vile; despicable

   "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor"

4. dirty, contaminatingadjective

   spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination

   "the air near the foundry was always dirty"; "a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout"

5. dirty, pestiferousadjective

   contaminated with infecting organisms

   "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen

6. dirty, dingy, muddied, muddyadjective

   (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear

   "dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy) white"; "the muddied grey of the sea"; "muddy colors"; "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair"

7. dirty, foul, marked-upadjective

   (of a manuscript) defaced with changes

   "foul (or dirty) copy"

8. dirty, ill-gottenadjective

   obtained illegally or by improper means

   "dirty money"; "ill-gotten gains"

9. dirtyadjective

   expressing or revealing hostility or dislike

   "dirty looks"

10. cheating(a), dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlikeadjective

    violating accepted standards or rules

    "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"

11. dirty, sordidadjective

    unethical or dishonest

    "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign"

12. dirtyverb

    unpleasantly stormy

    "there's dirty weather in the offing"

13. dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemireverb

    make soiled, filthy, or dirty

    "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. dirtyverb

   To make (something) dirty.

2. dirtyverb

   To stain or tarnish (somebody) with dishonor.

3. dirtyverb

   To debase by distorting the real nature of (something).

4. dirtyverb

   To become soiled.

5. dirtyadverb

   In a dirty manner.

6. dirtyadjective

   Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.

   Despite a walk in the rain, my shoes weren't too dirty.

7. dirtyadjective

   That makes one unclean; corrupting, infecting.

   Don't put that in your mouth, dear, it's dirty.

8. dirtyadjective

   Morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually.

   At the reception, Uncle Nick got drunk and told dirty jokes to the bridesmaids.

9. dirtyadjective

   Dishonourable; violating accepted standards or rules.

   He might have scored, but it was a dirty trick that won him the penalty.

10. dirtyadjective

    Corrupt, illegal, or improper.

    I won't accept your dirty money!

11. dirtyadjective

    Out of tune.

    You need to tune that guitar, the g string sounds dirty.

12. dirtyadjective

    Of color, discolored by impurities.

    The old flag was a dirty white.

13. dirtyadjective

    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.

14. dirtyadjective

    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.

15. dirtyadjective

    Used as an intensifier, especially in conjunction with "great".

    He lives in a dirty great mansion.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Dirty

   defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white

2. Dirty

   sullied; clouded; -- applied to color

3. Dirty

   sordid; base; groveling; as, a dirty fellow

4. Dirty

   sleety; gusty; stormy; as, dirty weather

5. Dirtyverb

   to foul; to make filthy; to soil; as, to dirty the clothes or hands

6. Dirtyverb

   to tarnish; to sully; to scandalize; -- said of reputation, character, etc

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Dirty

   Dirty is the seventh studio album by American alternative rock band Sonic Youth. It was released on July 21, 1992, through record label DGC.

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1. dirtynoun

   a word used in Savannah when calling your homeboy. "What's up dirty?"

2. dirtynoun

   a blunt rolled with cocaine or crushed up prescription pills and weed.

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1. dirty

   Song lyrics by dirty -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by dirty on the Lyrics.com website.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Dirty' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3958

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Dirty' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1799

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Dirty' in Adjectives Frequency: #478

How to pronounce Dirty?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Dirty in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Dirty in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Dirty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Dirty in a Sentence

1. Matthew Knight:

   We have tried to avoid putting it in one of those boxes and prefer to call it more generically an 'object,' in simple terms, asteroids are rocky and devoid of ices, while comets are a mixture of rock and ice, so-called 'dirty snowballs,'.

2. Ali Noorani:

   The administration, instead of paying Mexico to do our dirty work, should be working with Congress to make sure that an appropriate amount of foreign aid is invested in Central America and we have an immigration system that is functioning and treating people fairly.

3. Arika Hoscheit:

   There is a wide range of ways to approach a ketogenic diet and some are healthier than others, there’s a reason we often hear references to a 'clean' keto diet or a 'dirty' keto diet. While a ketogenic diet is generally very high in fat, some people eat more fat than others and the types of fat and quality of food consumed vary widely from person to person.

4. Mahatma Gandhi:

   You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

5. Jim Fassel:

   ( Former Mayor Rudy) Giuliani's office asked me if I would come over and just walk around and shake the hands and tell them that we're supporting all these guys, i went over there three or four days afterward and it was unbelievable. You're standing there and this space is just wide open. I asked them,' What am I going to do ?' They said,' You can cheer them up. People recognize you, you can just support them.' So I did. And it did work. That's how I first got involved with some firemen. Even the ones from out-of-state, mainly some from California recognized me, and I stopped and talked to them. Those guys looked like they hadn't slept in days, they were dirty. I was just saying,' Thanks guys for what you're doing here.' You try to do a little something for them.

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