dirty : Idioms & Phrases


dirty bomb

  • noun an atom bomb that leaves considerable radioactive contamination
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dirty dog

  • noun a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
    git; crumb; stinker; so-and-so; scum bag; rat; rotter; puke; bum; skunk; stinkpot; lowlife.
    • only a rotter would do that
    • kill the rat
    • throw the bum out
    • you cowardly little pukes!
    • the British call a contemptible person a `git'
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dirty joke

  • noun an indelicate joke
    dirty joke; blue story; blue joke.
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dirty laundry

  • noun personal matters that could be embarrassing if made public
    dirty laundry.
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dirty linen

  • noun personal matters that could be embarrassing if made public
    dirty laundry.
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dirty money

  • noun goods or money obtained illegally
    swag; booty; prize; pillage; plunder; loot.
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dirty old man

  • noun a middle-aged man with lecherous inclinations
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dirty pool

  • noun conduct that is unfair or unethical or unsportsmanlike
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dirty story

  • noun an indelicate joke
    dirty joke; blue story; blue joke.
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dirty trick

  • noun an unkind or aggressive trick
    dirty trick.
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dirty tricks

  • noun underhand commercial or political behavior designed to discredit an opponent
  • noun an unkind or aggressive trick
    dirty trick.
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dirty war

  • noun an offensive conducted by secret police or the military of a regime against revolutionary and terrorist insurgents and marked by the use of kidnapping and torture and murder with civilians often being the victims
    • thousands of people disappeared and were killed during Argentina's dirty war in the late 1970s
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dirty word

  • noun an offensive or indecent word or phrase
    obscenity; smut; filth; vulgarism.
  • noun a word that is considered to be unmentionable
    • `failure' is a dirty word to him
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dirty-faced

  • adjective satellite having a dirty face
    • a crowd of dirty-faced ragamuffins surrounded him
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dirty-minded

  • adjective satellite having lewd thoughts
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