smut

UK
/smʌt/
US
/smʌt/

Translations

smutnoun
smuts
pl
The magazine was banned for being full of smut.
Журнал был запрещен за то, что он полон порнографии.
The book was criticized for containing too much smut.
Книга была раскритикована за то, что в ней слишком много грязи.
Additional translations
сажистый налет
сажистая пыль
smutverb
smutted
Past Simple
smutted
Past Participle
smutting
Gerund
UK
/smʌt/
US
/smʌt/
The children smut their clothes while playing in the mud.
Дети пачкают свою одежду, играя в грязи.
He tried to smut her reputation with false accusations.
Он пытался очернить её репутацию ложными обвинениями.
Additional translations
smutadjective
Used attributively before a noun, e.g. "smut novel", meaning "pornographic".

Definitions

smutnoun
A fungal disease of plants, especially cereals, characterized by black powdery masses of spores.
The farmer was concerned about the smut affecting his corn crop.
Obscene or lascivious talk, writing, or pictures.
The magazine was criticized for containing too much smut.
A smudge of soot, dirt, or other black substance.
She wiped a streak of smut from the windowpane.
smutverb
To stain or mark with a dirty substance.
The mechanic accidentally smutted his shirt with grease while fixing the car.
To make obscene or indecent.
The editor was criticized for smutting the novel with unnecessary explicit content.
To infect (a plant) with smut fungus or become affected by smut.
The barley crop smutted after weeks of damp weather.
smutadjective
Relating to or characterized by obscene or pornographic content (used attributively).
The bookstore had a special rack for smut novels.