smutted; smutting
: to become affected by smut
1
: matter that soils or blackens
specifically
: a particle of soot
2
: any of various destructive diseases especially of cereal grasses caused by parasitic basidiomycetous fungi (order Ustilaginales) and marked by transformation of plant parts into dark masses of spores
also
: a fungus causing a smut
3
: obscene language or matter
Examples of smut in a Sentence
Noun
Smut is not allowed in this house.
obscenity laws that aimed to stamp out smut
Recent Examples on the Web
Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2024
There are pulpy novels that are straight-up smut and novels that take an intellectual look at sexuality.
—Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 15 Feb. 2024
In the end, the Swifties were able to get a lot of the AI smut removed through mass-reporting and overwhelm the rest with a furious avalanche of condemnation.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2024
The rampant smut that blighted Times Square and the constellation of lowlifes who orbited around it were tackled in that neighborhood in the mid ’90s.
—Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
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Noun
These authors built up readerships just by cranking out 300 pages of smut and then putting it on Kindle and now they’re getting scooped up by publishers.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2024
There are pulpy novels that are straight-up smut and novels that take an intellectual look at sexuality.
—Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 15 Feb. 2024
In the end, the Swifties were able to get a lot of the AI smut removed through mass-reporting and overwhelm the rest with a furious avalanche of condemnation.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2024
The rampant smut that blighted Times Square and the constellation of lowlifes who orbited around it were tackled in that neighborhood in the mid ’90s.
—Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
See all Example Sentences for smut
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“Smut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smut. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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smut
1 of 2 verb
smutted; smutting
1
: to stain, soil, or affect (a crop or plant) with smut
2
: to become affected by smut
smut
2 of 2 noun1
: matter that soils or blackens
especially
: a particle of soot
2
: any of various destructive diseases of plants caused by fungi that transform plant organs (as seeds) into dark masses of spores
also
: a fungus that causes a smut
3
: indecent language, pictures, or writing
Medical Definition
smut
noun
: any of various destructive diseases especially of cereal grasses caused by parasitic fungi (order Ustilaginales)
also
: a fungus causing a smut
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