dirt
/dɝt/
noun
Soil or earth.
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Noun 4 meanings
Soil or earth.
A stain or spot (on clothes etc); any foreign substance that worsens appearance.
Previously unknown facts or rumors about a person.
“The reporter uncovered the dirt on the businessman by going undercover.”
Meanness; sordidness.
Where it comes from
Etymology
From Middle English drit (“excrement”), from Old Norse drit (“excrement”), from Proto-Germanic *dritą, *dritō (“excrement”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreyd-, *treydʰ- (“to have diarrhea”).
Similar and opposite words
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DIRT at a glance
DIRT has 4 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (D 2 + I 1 + R 1 + T 1) and 5 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,664 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with dirt
All rhymesOne letter away
- DIET5
- DIRE5
- DART5
- DIRK9
- DINT5
- DORT5
- DICT7
- GIRT5
- DITT5
- DIPT7
- AIRT4
- DIRL5
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