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smut - What does it mean?

Definition of 'smut'

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) Soot.
  • (uncountable) Sexually vulgar material; something that is sexual in a dirty way; pornographic material.
  • (uncountable) Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.
  • * Addison
  • He does not stand upon decency but will talk smut , though a priest and his mother be in the room.
  • (derogatory) A promiscuous woman.
  • Any of a range of fungi, mostly Ustilaginomycetes, that cause plant disease in grasses, including cereal crops; the disease so caused.
  • (mining) Bad, soft coal containing earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults.
  • Synonyms

    * (soot) filth * (sexually vulgar or pornographic material) filth * (promiscuous woman) slut

    Derived terms

    * corn smut * smutty

    Verb

  • To stain (or be stained) with soot etc.
  • To gather smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted.
  • (Mortimer)
  • To taint (grain, etc.) with the smut fungus.
  • (Francis Bacon)
  • To clear of the smut fungus.
  • to smut grain for the mill

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