smuts Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun South African statesman and soldier (1870-1950)
   Jan Christian Smuts.
   
2. noun a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
   smut; soot; crock; lampblack; carbon black.
   
3. noun destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores
   smut.
   
4. noun any fungus of the order Ustilaginales
   smut fungus; smut.
   
5. noun an offensive or indecent word or phrase
   obscenity; smut; filth; dirty word; vulgarism.
   
6. noun creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
   pornography; erotica; porno; smut; porn.
   
7. verb make obscene
   smut.
   
   • This line in the play smuts the entire act
8. verb stain with a dirty substance, such as soot
   smut.
   
9. verb become affected with smut
   smut.
   
   • the corn smutted and could not be eaten
10. verb affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn
    smut.
    

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