What (who) is Dirty - definition
2005 FILM DIRECTED BY CHRIS FISHER
Dirty
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WHEN SOMETHING IS NOT CLEAN
Dirty
·superl Sullied; clouded;
- applied to color.
II. Dirty ·superl Sleety; gusty; stormy; as, dirty weather.
III. Dirty ·superl Sordid; base; groveling; as, a dirty fellow.
V. Dirty ·superl Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.
- said of reputation, character, ·etc.
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WHEN SOMETHING IS NOT CLEAN
Dirty
(dirtier, dirtiest, dirties, dirtying, dirtied)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If something is dirty, it is marked or covered with stains, spots, or mud, and needs to be cleaned.
She still did not like the woman who had dirty fingernails...
= grubby
? clean
ADJ
2.
To dirty something means to cause it to become dirty.
He was afraid the dog's hairs might dirty the seats...
VERB: V n
3.
If you describe an action as dirty, you disapprove of it and consider it unfair, immoral, or dishonest.
The gunman had been hired by a rival Mafia family to do the dirty deed.
ADJ: usu ADJ n [disapproval]
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Dirty is also an adverb.
Jim Browne is the kind of fellow who can fight dirty.
ADV: ADV after v
4.
If you describe something such as a joke, a book, or someone's language as dirty, you mean that it refers to sex in a way that some people find offensive.
They told dirty jokes and sang raucous ballads...
ADJ: usu ADJ n
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Dirty is also an adverb.
I'm often asked whether the men talk dirty to me. The answer is no.
ADV: ADV after v
5.
Dirty is used before words of criticism to emphasize that you do not approve of someone or something. (INFORMAL)
You dirty liar.
ADJ: ADJ n [emphasis]
6.
If you say that someone washes their dirty linen in public, you disapprove of their discussing or arguing about unpleasant or private things in front of other people. There are several other forms of this expression, for example wash your dirty laundry in public, or in American English, air your dirty laundry in public.
We shouldn't wash our dirty laundry in public and if I was in his position, I'd say nothing at all.
PHRASE: V inflects [disapproval]
7.
If someone gives you a dirty look, they look at you in a way which shows that they are angry with you. (INFORMAL)
Michael gave him a dirty look and walked out.
PHRASE: N inflects, PHR after v
8.
Dirty old man is an expression some people use to describe an older man who they think shows an unnatural interest in sex.
PHRASE: N inflects, usu v-link PHR [disapproval]
9.
To do someone's dirty work means to do a task for them that is dishonest or unpleasant and which they do not want to do themselves.
As a member of an elite army hit squad, the army would send us out to do their dirty work for them.
PHRASE: V inflects
10.
If you say that an expression is a dirty word in a particular group of people, you mean it refers to an idea that they strongly dislike or disagree with.
Marketing became a dirty word at the company.
PHRASE: v-link PHR
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WHEN SOMETHING IS NOT CLEAN
Dirty
When something or someone is getting on your nerves or bothers you.
1. Julie dirty won't leave me alone.2. I sat for a dirty hour waiting on the F train.
1. Julie dirty won't leave me alone.2. I sat for a dirty hour waiting on the F train.
Wikipedia
Dirty (2005 film)
Dirty is a 2005 American crime drama film directed by Chris Fisher. The film stars Cuba Gooding Jr. and Clifton Collins Jr. The film was released in the United States on November 9, 2005.
Pronunciation examples for Dirty
1. Be dirty, be dirty.
The Departed (2006)
2. Dirty.
Perfect Stranger (2007)
3. is sort of a dirty, dirty word.
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4. dependent on dirty fuel, dirty energy,
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5. / like dirty.
Perfect Stranger (2007)
Examples of use of Dirty
1. "They hadn‘t let me shower and one of them came in and said÷ ‘You are dirty, you are a dirty Pakistani, you are a dirty dog.
2. "We can do it for a dirty doctor but not a dirty bomber," he said.
3. Entitled Dirty Politics, Dirty Times, the book describes his battles with the Times while treasurer of the Conservative party.
4. "When someone says the city is dirty, the question is, first of all, what constitutes dirty," he explains.
5. They will inherit the usual issues –– dirty air, dirty water, brownfields and red tides –– plus an unprecedented one.