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How to pronounce dirt in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms crap, poop, shit, shite, turd
Type of bm, faeces, faecal matter, dejection, fecal matter, stool, ordure, feces
Type Words
Synonyms ungraded
Type Words
Synonyms soil
Type of earth, ground
Has types loam, loess, marl, mold, mould, mud, podsol, podsol soil, podsolic soil, podzol, podzol soil, prairie soil, regosol, residual clay, residual soil, sand, sedimentary clay, silt, subsoil, alluvial soil, till, topsoil, tundra soil, undersoil, surface soil, bog soil, bole, boulder clay, caliche, clay, clunch, desert soil, desertic soil, fuller's earth, gilgai soil, gumbo, gumbo soil, hardpan, humus, indian red, indurated clay, laterite, wiesenboden
Type Words
Synonyms filth, grease, grime, grunge, soil, stain
Type of dirtiness, uncleanness
Derivation dirty
Type Words
Synonyms malicious gossip, scandal
Type of scuttlebutt, comment, gossip

Examples of dirt

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Yet the dirt and grime never bothered me as much as it did during my last visit.
From the bloomberg.com
It would be a surprise if your son's dirt bike has a smaller motor than a moped.
From the stltoday.com
He's not dirt-cheap, but he's more than capable of stepping up to 100ppg status.
From the themercury.com.au
When we head out, we zip quickly up a dirt trail, past hemlocks, ferns and logs.
From the washingtonpost.com
Her two daughters are smart-mouthed monsters who treat their husbands like dirt.
From the bostonherald.com
Has only three wins, but all came on dirt, the same racing surface as the Derby.
From the news-journalonline.com
The steps and foundation of the old Perkins Building were visible amid the dirt.
From the sacbee.com
Most of the roads in the pooper parts of Africa are dirt not a nice tiled floor.
From the newscientist.com
Spinach tends to hold dirt, so make sure you wash it until the water runs clear.
From the sacbee.com
More examples
  • (of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel
  • Soil: the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
  • The state of being covered with unclean things
  • Crap: obscene terms for feces
  • Scandal: disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
  • Dirt is unclean matter, especially when in contact with a person's clothes, skin or possessions when they are said to become dirty. "Grimy" or "filthy" are also commonly used descriptive words. Common types of dirt include soil, soot and dust. ...
  • Dirt! is the sixth album by the Canadian comedy music group The Arrogant Worms, released in 1999.
  • Dirt is a Chinese film from 1994 which depicts the nascent rock music scene of Beijing. It is considered an important example of the Sixth Generation movement that emerged in China after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.Zhang, Yingjin & Xiao, Zhiwei (1998). ...
  • DIRT were an anarcho-punk band from the UK. Initially formed in 1980 (with a core line-up of Gary, Deno, Fox, Lou and Vomit), the band frequently played with fellow anarchists Crass, before releasing their first EP, Object, Refuse, Reject, Abuse on the Crass Records label. ...