- dirt
- information which may be damaging to anotherIt may be issued to embarrass or blackmail them, often in the phrase have the dirt on someone.
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
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dirt — S3 [də:t US də:rt] n [U] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old Norse; Origin: drit] 1.) 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,… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Dirt — (d[ e]rt), n. [OE. drit; kin to Icel. drit excrement, dr[=i]ta to dung, OD. drijten to dung, AS. gedr[=i]tan.] 1. Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean; earth; as,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dirt — [ dɜrt ] noun uncount * 1. ) soil or MUD (=soil mixed with water): Groups of children were playing in the dirt. mounds of dirt 2. ) a substance that makes something dirty: His face was covered in dirt. Angelo brushed the dirt off his coat. 3. )… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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dirt — 15c. metathesis of M.E. drit, drytt mud, dirt, dung (c.1300), from O.N. drit, cognate with O.E. dritan to void excrement, from P.Gmc. *dritanan (Cf. Du. drijten, O.H.G. trizan). Used abusively of persons from c.1300. Meaning gossip first attested … Etymology dictionary
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