smuts
- n South African statesman and soldier (1870-1950)
- n a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
- n destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores
- n any fungus of the order Ustilaginales
- n an offensive or indecent word or phrase
- n creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
- v make obscene
This line in the play smuts the entire act - v stain with a dirty substance, such as soot
- v become affected with smut
- v affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn