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dirt (oh)



[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old Norse; Origin: drit]
any substance that makes things dirty, such as mud or dust
::You should have seen the dirt on that car!
::His face and hands were black with dirt.
::a patch of grass, covered in dog dirt (=waste from a dog's bowels)
especially AmE earth or soil
::Michael threw his handful of dirt onto the coffin.
in (the) dirt
::The children had been sitting in the dirt.
informal information about someone's private life or activities which could give people a bad opinion of them if it became known
::The newspapers had been digging up dirt on the President.
talk, writing, a film etc that is considered bad or immoral because it is about sex
-see also dish the dirt at dish 2 , hit/strike paydirt at paydirt , hit the dirt at hit 1 (17), treat sb like dirt at treat 1 (1)