Definition for dirt - Oxford Dictionaries Online (World English)

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	dirt (dirt) Pronunciation: /dəːt/ noun [mass noun] 1a substance, such as mud or dust, that soils someone or something: Jo wiped the dirt off her face soil or earth: Michael threw a handful of dirt on to the coffin [as modifier]: a dirt road informal excrement: a lawn covered in dog dirt a state or quality of uncleanliness: the sweat and dirt of industry 2 informal information about someone’s activities or private life that could prove damaging if revealed: is there any dirt on* Desmond?* Phrases do someone dirt (also do dirt to) informal harm someone’s reputation maliciously. drag the name of someone/thing through the dirt informal give someone or something a bad reputation through bad behaviour or damaging revelations. eat dirt informal suffer insults or humiliation: the film bombed at the box office and the critics made it eat dirt treat someone like dirt treat someone with a complete lack of respect. Origin: Middle English: from Old Norse drit 'excrement', an early sense in English		Search results in the dictionary dirt bike dirt poor pay dirt dirt cheap dirt farmer dirt track More results » Nearby Words direful dirge dirham dirigible dirigisme diriment impediment dirk Dirksen, Everett M. dirndl dirt dirt bike dirt cheap dirt farmer dirt poor dirt track dirtbag dirtboard dirty dirty bomb