smut meaning and definition

SMUT noun

Definition of smut (noun)

1. a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
   • synonyms: carbon black, crock, lampblack, soot
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
   • synonyms: smut fungus
4. an offensive or indecent word or phrase
   • synonyms: dirty word, filth, obscenity, vulgarism
5. creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
   • synonyms: erotica, porn, porno, pornography

SMUT verb

Definition of smut (verb)

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