dirt
- adjective
- /dɜrt/
- Driving my truck on the dirt road was an adventure every time it rained.
Just down some dirt roads, like a whole country song.
- Just down some dirt roads, like a whole country song.
- OK, so this is a single lane dirt Rd.
- I bet it's like you're shuttling down this tiny, tiny dirt road.
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But I live on a dirt road and all the neighbors have to chip in and work on this dirt road, right?
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Just down some dirt roads, like a whole country song.
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We grew up on dirt roads in, in, in in the rural S.
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I was like, oh, there I was thinking that the road less taken, you know, sometimes a dirt Rd., my dirt Rd.
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The kids loved riding their bikes on the dirt road that wound through the countryside.
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We had to be careful on the dirt road because it was slippery after the storm.
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Compounds
A light motorcycle with strong tires and springs for riding on rough unpaved ground
A racing track for cars or motorcycles with a surface of packed earth rather than pavement
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Etymology
Dirt as an adjective comes from the old meaning of 'earth' or 'soil' (Old English drit), so a dirt road is simply a road of earth that is not paved.