smutting

/S M AH1 T IH0 NG/
noun
  1. 1

    (uncountable) Sexually vulgar material; something that is sexual in a dirty way; pornographic material.

  2. 2

    (uncountable) Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.

  3. 3

    (phytopathology) Any of a range of fungi, mostly Ustilaginomycetes, that cause plant disease in grasses, including cereal crops; the disease so caused.

  4. 4

    (uncountable) Soot.

  5. 5

    (countable) A flake of ash or soot.

  6. 6

    (mining) Bad, soft coal containing earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults.

  7. 7

    (countable, slang, archaic) A copper boiler.

verb
  1. 1

    (ambitransitive) To stain (or be stained) with soot or other dirt.

  2. 2

    (transitive) To taint (grain, etc.) with the smut fungus.

  3. 3

    (intransitive) To become tainted by the smut fungus.

  4. 4

    (transitive) To clear of the smut fungus.