smut

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English smutten (“to defile, debase”), related to German Schmutz (“filth, dirt, smut”) and schmutzen (“to make dirty, stain”). Doublet of schmutz. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Compare also Old English smitta (“smear; blot; mark; stain; pollution”), Old English besmītan (“to besmut; defile; dirty; pollute; contaminate”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /smʌt/ (Northern England) IPA(key): /smʊt/ Rhymes: -ʌt === Noun === smut (countable and uncountable, plural smuts) (uncountable) Soot. Synonym: filth (countable) A flake of ash or soot. (uncountable) Sexually vulgar material; something that is sexual in a dirty way; pornographic material. Synonym: filth (uncountable) Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity. (phytopathology) Any of a range of fungi, mostly Ustilaginomycetes, that cause plant disease in grasses, including cereal crops; the disease so caused. (mining) Bad, soft coal containing earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults. (countable, slang, archaic) A copper boiler. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === smut (third-person singular simple present smuts, present participle smutting, simple past and past participle smutted) (ambitransitive) To stain (or be stained) with soot or other dirt. Synonyms: befoul, smutch, smutty, soil; see also Thesaurus:dirty (transitive) To taint (grain, etc.) with the smut fungus. (intransitive) To become tainted by the smut fungus. (transitive) To clear of the smut fungus. === Anagrams === UMTS, MTUs, tums, stum, UTMs, UTMS, must, Stum == Danish == === Etymology === See smutte. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈsmud] === Noun === smut n (singular definite smuttet, plural indefinite smut) a quick or spontaneous trip, visit, stay or errand etc. Synonyms: sviptur, smuttur ==== Declension ==== === References === “smut” in Den Danske Ordbog == Irish == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsˠmˠʊt̪ˠ/ === Noun === smut m (genitive singular smuit, nominative plural smuit) stump; short piece; portion snout sulky expression, huff (zoology) rostrum Synonym: rostram ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === smut (present analytic smutann, future analytic smutfaidh, verbal noun smutadh, past participle smuta) (transitive) truncate, shorten alternative form of smiot (“hit, strike; smash; chip, chop; pare, whittle; fritter”) ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “smut”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN