Meaning of 'smut'

noun

creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire

Synonyms: pornography

noun

an offensive or indecent word or phrase

Synonyms: obscenity

noun

any fungus of the order Ustilaginales

Synonyms: smut fungus

noun

destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores

noun

a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink

Synonyms: crock carbon black lampblack soot

verb

affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn

verb

become affected with smut

Example: "the corn smutted and could not be eaten"

verb

stain with a dirty substance, such as soot

verb

make obscene

Example: "This line in the play smuts the entire act"