Smut - Definition

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