dirty

Universal Words adjective, verb, adverb adjective (dirtier, dirtiest) not clean 1 not clean: dirty hands / clothes * a dirty mark * Try not to get too dirty! * I always get given the dirty jobs (= jobs that make you become dirty). offensive 2 [usuallybeforenoun] connected with sex in an offensive way: a dirty joke / book * He's got a dirty mind (= he often thinks about sex). unpleasant / dishonest 3 [usuallybeforenoun] unpleasant or dishonest: a dirty lie / liar * She's a dirty player. * He's a great man for doing the dirty jobs (= jobs which are unpleasant because they involve being dishonest or mean to people). colours 4 [onlybeforenoun] dull: a dirty brown carpet drugs 5 (AmE, slang) using illegal drugs IDIOMS be a dirty word to be a subject or an idea that people think is bad or immoral: Profit is not a dirty word around here. (do sb's) dirty work (to do) the unpleasant or dishonest jobs that sb else does not want to do: Next time you can get somebody else to do your dirty work for you! do the dirty on sb (BrE, informal) to cheat or betray sb; to treat sb unfairly: I'd never do the dirty on my friends. give sb a dirty look to look at sb in a way that shows you are annoyed with them moreatHANDn., WASHv. verb (dirties, dirtying, dirtied, dirtied) [VN] to make sth dirty adverb IDIOMS dirty great / big (BrE, informal) used to emphasize how large sth is: When I turned round he was pointing a dirty great gun at me. play dirty (informal) to behave or play a game in an unfair way moreatTALKv.