English dictionary
smut
nounPronunciation
smʌt
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
noun
- an offensive or indecent word or phrase
noun
- any fungus of the order Ustilaginales
noun
- destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores
noun
- a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
verb
- affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn
verb
- become affected with smut
verb
- stain with a dirty substance, such as soot
verb
- make obscene
Example sentences
the corn smutted and could not be eaten
This line in the play smuts the entire act