smuts

(noun) South African statesman and soldier (1870-1950). Synonyms: Smuts, Jan Christian Smuts.

(noun) a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink. Synonyms: carbon black, lampblack, soot, smut, crock.

(noun) destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores. Synonyms: smut.

(noun) any fungus of the order Ustilaginales. Synonyms: smut, smut fungus.

(noun) an offensive or indecent word or phrase. Synonyms: obscenity, smut, vulgarism, filth, dirty word.

(noun) creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire. Synonyms: pornography, porno, porn, erotica, smut.

(verb) make obscene. Synonyms: smut. Example: "This line in the play smuts the entire act."

(verb) stain with a dirty substance, such as soot. Synonyms: smut.

(verb) become affected with smut. Synonyms: smut. Example: "The corn smutted and could not be eaten."

(verb) affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn. Synonyms: smut.