smut
smut Lexical Profile
smut Game Scores & Validity
• noun
Obscene, indecent, or sexually explicit talk, writing, or imagery.
"The publisher refused to print the manuscript, dismissing it as cheap smut."
A fungal plant disease affecting cereal crops and grasses, characterized by dusty black masses of spores that resemble soot on the ears or stalks.
"The agronomy team inspected the cornfields for signs of smut after the humid summer rains."
A small flake of soot, carbon, or grime, or a dark smudge left by it on a surface.
"Coal smoke from the passing locomotive left a fine layer of smut on the windowsill."
• verb
To soil, smudge, or blacken with soot, dirt, or grime.
"The leaky chimney flue smutted the freshly painted ceiling above the hearth."
To infect or become infected with the fungal disease smut (of grain or cereal crops).
"Untreated wheat seeds can easily smut if planted in damp, contaminated soil."
• Rhymes for smut
Word Origin & Etymology
First recorded in the late 16th century as a verb meaning 'to smudge with soot,' likely borrowed from Low German smutt ('dirt, filth') and related to English smudge and smirch.