dirtyPronunciation: /ˈdəːti/Translate dirty | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of dirty adjective (dirtier, dirtiest) 1covered or marked with an unclean substance:a tray of dirty cups and saucers her boots were dirty causing a person or place to become unclean:farming is a hard, dirty job (of a nuclear weapon) producing considerable radioactive fallout. 2(of an activity) dishonest; dishonourable:he had a reputation for dirty dealing US informal using illegal drugs. [attributive] informal used to emphasize one’s disgust for someone or something:you dirty rat! 3concerned with sex in a lewd or obscene way:he told a stream of dirty jokes 4(of weather) rough, stormy, and unpleasant. 5(of a colour) not bright or pure; dull:the sea was a waste of dirty grey (of popular music) having a distorted or rasping tone:Nirvana’s dirty guitar sound adverb [as submodifier] British informal used for emphasis:a dirty great slab of stone verb (dirties, dirtying, dirtied) [with object] make dirty:she didn’t like him dirtying her nice clean towelsPhrases the dirty end of the stick informal the difficult or unpleasant part of a task or situation. do the dirty on someone British informal cheat or betray someone. get one's hands dirty (or dirty one's hands) do manual, menial, or other hard work. informal become involved in dishonest or dishonourable activity. play dirty informal act in a dishonest or unfair way. talk dirty informal talk about sex in a coarse or salacious way. Derivatives dirtily adverb dirtiness noun dirty in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of dirty in the US English dictionary
