[dəːt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a substance, such as mud or dust, that soils someone or something
(e.g: Jo wiped the dirt off her face)

- information about someone's activities or private life that could prove damaging if revealed
(e.g: is there any dirt on Desmond?)


Phrases:
- do someone dirt
- drag someone or something through the dirt
- eat dirt
- treat someone like dirt

Origin:
Middle English: from Old Norse drit ‘excrement’, an early sense in English