word-vault/dist/data/cards/di/dirty.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "dirty",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "not clean",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "dirty hands/clothes/dishes"
                },
                {
                    "text": "My thumb had left a dirty mark on the paper."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Try not to **get **too **dirty**!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She didn't want to **get **her dress **dirty**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They found him huddled under a dirty old blanket"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I always get given the dirty jobs *(= jobs that make you become dirty)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Everything in the room was incredibly dirty."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Go and play football if you like, but don't get dirty!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The soot had made everything dirty."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If your hands are dirty, go and wash them."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The dirty clothes go in the washing machine."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "connected with sex in an offensive way",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **dirty joke/book**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's got a **dirty mind** *(= he often thinks about sex)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "unpleasant or dishonest",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "That's a dirty lie!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They discovered her **dirty** little **secret**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's a dirty player."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's a great man for doing the dirty jobs *(= jobs which are unpleasant because they involve being dishonest or mean to people)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You dirty liar!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "not bright",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a dirty brown carpet"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "using illegal drugs",
            "labels": "(North American English, slang)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to discuss your personal affairs in public, especially something embarrassing",
            "labels": "(disapproving)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "(to do) the unpleasant or dishonest jobs that somebody else does not want to do",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Next time you can get somebody else to do your dirty work for you!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He always gets someone else to do the dirty work for him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The drugs gang used children to do their dirty work for them."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to cheat somebody who trusts you; to treat somebody badly or unfairly",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'd never do the dirty on my friends."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "behaving in an unfair or aggressive way, especially because you want to win",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The candidate again got down and dirty with his rival."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The online campaign was getting down and dirty."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "rude and making you feel shocked",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The singer got down and dirty at the club last night and made headlines again."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The singers are a down-and-dirty duo from Ohio."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to do physical work",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He's not frightened of getting his hands dirty."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to look at somebody in a way that shows you are annoyed with them",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdɜːti/",
                "audio": "di/dirty/dirty__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdɜːrti/",
                "audio": "di/dirty/dirty__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}