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dirts

dirts is the plural of dirt.

dirts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dirt.

Meaning of dirt

Noun

dirt (usually uncountable, plural dirts)

  1. (US, usually) Soil or earth.
  2. (usually) A stain or spot (on clothes etc); any foreign substance that worsens appearance.
    Synonyms:
    filth
  3. (usually) Previously unknown facts or rumors about a person.
    • The reporter uncovered the dirt on the businessman by going undercover.
    Synonyms:
    gossip, kompromat
  4. (figuratively, usually) Meanness; sordidness.
    • honours […] thrown away upon dirt and infamy1810, W. Melmoth, transl., Letters of Pliny
  5. (usually) In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing.
  6. (usually) Freckles.
    • I'm one of Charlie's Angels too, but I'm the one with the dirty face.1983, Pat Phoenix, Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt, page 158

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Phrases with dirts

Questions about dirts

What is dirts the plural of?
Dirts is the plural of dirt.

Words near dirts in the dictionary

  1. dirtlessness
  2. dirtlike
  3. dirtman
  4. dirtmen
  5. dirtproof
  6. dirts
  7. dirtside
  8. dirtsider
  9. dirtsiders
  10. dirtsome
  11. dirtwad

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