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

[ Syn: carbon black , lampblack , soot , crock ]

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

any fungus of the order Ustilaginales

[ Syn: smut fungus ]

an offensive or indecent word or phrase

[ Syn: obscenity , vulgarism , filth , dirty word ]

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 ]

make obscene; This line in the play smuts the entire act'

stain with a dirty substance, such as soot

become affected with smut; the corn smutted and could not be eaten'

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