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dirtying up

dirtying up is the present participle and gerund of dirty up.

Meaning of dirty up

Verb

dirty up (third-person singular simple present dirties up, present participle dirtying up, simple past and past participle dirtied up)

  1. To make dirty; to sully

Questions about dirtying up

What is dirtying up the present participle and gerund of?
Dirtying up is the present participle and gerund of dirty up.

Words near dirtying up in the dictionary

  1. dirtybadwrong
  2. dirtybud
  3. dirtybuds
  4. dirtying
  5. dirtying down
  6. dirtying up
  7. dirtyings
  8. dirtyish
  9. dirubidium
  10. dirucotide
  11. diruption

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dirtying up (page history and authors); dirty up (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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