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as in soil
foul matter that mars the purity or cleanliness of something
once a year they cleaned all of the smut out of the chimney
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as in grossness
the quality or state of being obscene
the talk-show host is famous for shows filled with smut and scandal
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as in to dirty
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Recent Examples of smut
Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 9 July 2025
And at Maya, most diners found a $55 check average as unpalatable as corn smut.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
The third act of the infamously schlocky Paul Verhoeven flick Showgirls takes a hard-left turn from being cheese-tastic smut to a harrowing nightmare.
—Aisha Harris, NPR, 21 June 2025
This is bermudagrass smut, a disease that attacks specifically the seed heads in bermuda turf.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 June 2025
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Verb
By 2010, the magazine was essentially family entertainment compared to the tidal wave of online smut, so a peek-a-boo pictorial of half-naked cybergals didn't seem so risqué.
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Noun
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Have soil that needs improvement on multiple fronts?—
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Multispectral sensors designed to detect subtle soil signatures, rovers carrying mobile cameras and experiments, and plans to piggyback scientific payloads on commercial landers are all part of near-term efforts to move from models and samples toward a working mining plan.—
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In fact, plenty of other things in your home surpass the toilet in terms of grossness.—
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Brain rot has become unavoidable, its grossness ubiquitous.—
Verb
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At Dilara Findikoglu, models looked like ladies in waiting that had risen from the dead; wearing antiquated corsetry that was dirtied and torn.—
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As more success suddenly comes his way, McKinstry has remained the same, friendly and chuckling at his locker, dirtying his jersey and pestering opponents on the field.—
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Start at the top and work your way down, gently rubbing away any dirt.—
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The Mountain View Fire Protection District and Boulder County sheriff’s deputies responded when neighbors reported the fire, and the cult members extinguished the blaze by burying it with dirt.—
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Many of the European players were subjected to dreadful abuse from the galleries, unprintable vulgarities and some deeply personal insults.—
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Many of the racist, nativist vulgarities spoken out loud in Paul Thomas Anderson’s marvelous new film One Battle After Another evoke sentiments that, in our world, first fomented online.—
Verb
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After smearing Tylenol, the president's unscripted remarks quickly veered into an incoherent rant linking vaccines to autism as well.—
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Mash it up, smear it on toast, toss it in a salad, or eat it straight.—
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McMillan looks like a future star Lost in the muck of the overall offensive performance against the Cardinals was McMillan.—
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The study recommends strategic test areas of algicide and treatments to sequester nutrients after large-scale mechanical clearing of the muck.—
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Kimmel's obscenity laced criticisms were not.—
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Typically, the discussion of whether a station violated the FCC's guidelines centers around children's programming, a cut to news content, or obscenity — such as Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction during the Super Bowl in 2004.—
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“Smut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smut. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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