Definitions for dirty
dirty
dirt·y
Spelling: [dur-tee]
IPA: /ˈdɜr ti/
Dirty is a 5 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.
You can make 47 anagrams from letters in dirty (dirty).
Definitions for dirty
Idioms
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do (someone) dirty, Slang. to treat unfairly or reprehensibly, as by cheating or slandering.
adverb
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Informal. in a mean, unscrupulous, or underhand way:
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Informal. in a lewd manner:
adjective
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soiled with dirt; foul; unclean:
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spreading or imparting dirt; soiling:
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vile; mean; sordid; contemptible:
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obscene; pornographic; lewd:
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undesirable or unpleasant; thankless:
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very unfortunate or regrettable:
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not fair or sportsmanlike; unscrupulous:
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hostile, insulting, contemptuous, or resentful:
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(of a nuclear weapon) producing a relatively large amount of radioactive fallout.
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(of the weather) stormy; squally:
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Informal. obtained through illegal or disreputable means:
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appearing as if soiled; dark-colored; dingy; murky.
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Slang. using or in possession of narcotics.
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Foreign Exchange. (of currency floats) manipulated, as by a central bank influencing or changing exchange rates (opposed to clean).
verb (used with or without object)
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to make or become dirty.
Origin of dirty
First recorded in 1520-30; dirt + -y1
Examples for dirty
If only Sulzberger had managed to keep a zipped upper lip while leaving the dirty work to anonymous underlings.
She is the author of dirty Entanglements: Corruption, Crime and Terrorism (Cambridge University Press).
It was washing all the color out of the picture, and leaving it a dirty gray.
If there's not some dirty business in this, I'll eat me hat.
As Americans, we still have a right to air both our dirty laundry and our R-Rated films.
Not one Argentine Jesuit lost his life during the dirty war, and he managed to save dozens of people.
Pull it out, please, me hand's that dirty'—and out come the writ!
I was so relieved, until I thought about my dirty pantyhose hanging on the shower at home.
Didn't Shandy always have a gob of it in his cheek—the dirty pig?
Here in this dirty shanty you will enter into love's fulfillment.