Енглески

Etymology

From Middle English dirti, alteration of earlier dritti, equivalent to dirt +‎ -y. See also drite.

Pronunciation

Adjective

dirty (comparative dirtier, superlative dirtiest)

  1. Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.
    Синонимs: filthy, soiled, sordid, unclean, unwashed, Thesaurus:unclean
    Антонимs: clean, Thesaurus:clean
    • 1905, George Bernard Shaw, The author's apology from Mrs. Warren's Profession, strana 61:
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    Despite a walk in the rain, my shoes weren't too dirty.
  2. That makes one unclean; corrupting, infecting.
    Don't put that in your mouth, dear. It's dirty.
  3. Morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually.
    Синонимs: indecent, lewd, obscene, raunchy, salacious
    At the reception, Uncle Nick got drunk and told dirty jokes to the bridesmaids.
  4. Dishonourable; violating accepted standards or rules.
    Синонимs: cheating, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike
    Антоним: sportsmanlike
    • 1915, C.J. Dennis, The Songs of the Sentimental Bloke, published 1916, strana 13:
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    • 2013 јун 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, strana 27:
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    He might have scored, but it was a dirty trick that won him the penalty.
  5. Corrupt, illegal, or improper.
    Синонимs: base, dishonest, dishonorable, filthy, despicable, lousy, mean, sordid, unethical, vile
    I won't accept your dirty money!
  6. Out of tune.
    You need to tune that guitar: the G string sounds dirty.
  7. Of color, discolored by impurities.
    Синонимs: dingy, dullish, muddied, muddy
    Антонимs: bright, pure
    The old flag was a dirty white.
  8. (computing) Containing data needing to be written back to memory or disk.
    Occasionally it reads the sector into a dirty buffer, which means it needs to sync the dirty buffer first.
  9. (slang) Carrying illegal drugs among one's possessions or inside of one's bloodstream.
    None of y'all get into my car if you're dirty.
  10. (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially in conjunction with "great".
    He lives in a dirty great mansion.
  11. Sleety; gusty; stormy.
    dirty weather
  12. (slang) Of an alcoholic beverage, especially a cocktail or mixed drink: served with the juice of olives.
    Антоним: neat
    dirty martini
  13. Of food, indulgent in an unhealthy way.
    • 2003, Tom Christiansen, ‎Nathan Torkington, Perl Cookbook, strana xix:
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    • 2019, Oliver Berry, ‎Fionn Davenport, Lonely Planet England:
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    • 2020, Mellissa Sevigny, Squeaky Clean Keto: Next Level Keto to Hack Your Health, Victory Belt Publishing (→ISBN), page 13:
      Dirty keto refers to an approach that follows the typical keto macro ratios, but the components include “dirty” foods like fast food, packaged convenience foods, processed meats, artificially sweetened diet sodas and sports drinks, and unhealthy []
    The waiter served dirty burgers to the customers.
  14. Spreading harmful radiation over a wide area.
    a dirty explosion
    a dirty bomb
  15. (aviation) Having the undercarriage or flaps in the down position.
    Антоним: clean

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Adverb

dirty

  1. In a dirty manner.
    to play dirty
    Синонимs: deceptively, dirtily, indecently, underhandedly

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Verb

dirty

  1. (transitive) To make (something) dirty.
    Синонимs: soil, taint, Thesaurus:dirty
  2. (transitive) To stain or tarnish (somebody) with dishonor.
    Синоним: sully
  3. (transitive) To debase by distorting the real nature of (something).
  4. (intransitive) To become soiled.
    • 1960 March, “Talking of Trains: S.R. signalling innovation”, in Trains Illustrated, strana 135:
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