dirty

Despite a walk in the rain, my shoes weren't too dirty.

Many persons are more comfortable when they are dirty than when they are clean; but that does not recommend dirt as a national policy.

1905, George Bernard Shaw, The author's apology from Mrs. Warren's Profession, page 61:

Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.

Don't put that in your mouth, dear. It's dirty.

That makes one unclean; corrupting, infecting.

At the reception, Uncle Nick got drunk and told dirty jokes to the bridesmaids.

We have quite a playful and fun relationship in general, but it’s still surprising how dirty our sex can be in the things we say or do or pretend. We often laugh about it afterwards.

2023 May 13, Kitty Drake, “This is how we do it: ‘A tired, throwaway midweek shag doesn’t interest me’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually.

He might have scored, but it was a dirty trick that won him the penalty.

The world 'as got me snouted jist a treat; Crool Forchin's dirty left 'as smote me soul.

1915, C.J. Dennis, The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke, published 1916, page 13:

The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable.[…]Partly, this is a result of how online advertising has traditionally worked: advertisers pay for clicks, and a click is a click, however it's obtained.

2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 27:

Dishonorable; violating accepted standards or rules.

I won't accept your dirty money!

You need to tune that guitar: the G string sounds dirty.

The old flag was a dirty white.

Occasionally it reads the sector into a dirty buffer, which means it needs to sync the dirty buffer first.

Notice that an asterisk has been added to the filename in the edit window tabs. This is a simple reminder that the file is “dirty” and needs saving.

2008, Stephen R. G. Fraser, Real World ASP.NET: Building a Content Management System, page 105:

(computing) Containing data needing to be written back to memory or disk.

None of y'all get into my car if you're dirty.

(slang) Carrying illegal drugs among one's possessions or inside of one's bloodstream.

He lives in a dirty great mansion.

(informal) Used as an intensifier, especially in conjunction with "great".

dirty weather

Storms of wind, clouds of dust, an angry, dirty sea.

1867, Matthew Arnold, On the Study of Celtic Literature:

Rain type 17 was a dirty blatter battering against his windscreen so hard that it didn't make much odds whether he had his wipers on or off.

1984, Douglas Adams, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy):

dirty martini

(slang) Of an alcoholic beverage, especially a cocktail or mixed drink: served with the juice of olives.

You can call it quick-and-dirty if you like, but there are billions of dollars out there riding on the supposition that fast food is not necessarily dirty food.

2003, Tom Christiansen, Nathan Torkington, Perl Cookbook, page xix:

Piled high and oozing all the trimmings, the dirty burgers here are decidedly good – spice things up with jalapeños, brie or a seriously sticky BBQ sauce.

2019, Oliver Berry, Fionn Davenport, Lonely Planet England:

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 […]

2020, Mellissa Sevigny, Squeaky Clean Keto: Next Level Keto to Hack Your Health, Victory Belt Publishing, →ISBN, page 13:

a dirty explosion

a dirty bomb

Spreading harmful radiation over a wide area.

(aviation) Having the undercarriage or flaps in the down position.

en-adj

dirty (comparative dirtier, superlative dirtiest)

dirtier (comparative)
dirtiest (superlative)

vuil

dishonourable, violating standards or rules

muokattu

computing: containing data which need to be written back to a larger memory

From Middle English dirti, alteration of earlier dritti, equivalent to dirt + -y. Cognate with Middle Low German drēterich (“dirty”).
See also drite.


dirty

to play dirty

en-adv

dirty (comparative more dirty, superlative most dirty)

more dirty (comparative)
most dirty (superlative)


dirty

(transitive) To stain or tarnish (somebody) with dishonor.

(transitive) To debase by distorting the real nature of (something).

The markers for the slow line signals have been arranged at cab level, but for the inner fast lines they have had to be kept low in the "six-foot", with the result that they tend to be badly dirtied by passing traffic.

1960 March, “Talking of Trains: S.R. signalling innovation”, in Trains Illustrated, page 135:

en-verb

dirty (third-person singular simple present dirties, present participle dirtying, simple past and past participle dirtied)

dirties (present singular third-person)
dirtying (participle present)
dirtied (participle past)
dirtied (past)

ryvettää

to debase by distorting the real nature of