down and dirtyint.adv.adj.

Brit.

/ˌdaʊn (ə)n(d) ˈdəːti/, U.S.

/ˌdaʊn ən ˈdərdi/

Forms: 1900s– down an' dirty, 1900s– down and dirty, 1900s– down 'n dirty, 1900s– down 'n' dirty.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: down adv., and conj.¹, dirty adj.

Etymology: < down adv. + and conj.¹ + dirty adj.

colloquial (originally and chiefly North American).

A. int.

Poker. Used to accompany the dealing of a final face-down card in seven-card stud and related games.

ΚΠ

1949 N. Algren Man with Golden Arm i. 117 King sees, a buck to you Jacks, Jacks bump a buck, Big Ace sees 'n here we go, down 'n dirty, when you get a hunch bet a bunch.

2000 F. Renzulli Happy Wanderer (HBO TV shooting script) 31 in Sopranos 2nd Ser. (O.E.D. Archive) The can is half filled with chips. Christopher retrieves, pours the chips on the desk. Sunshine. Down and dirty. He deals one last card to each, face down.

2012 ‘O. G. Irons’ Hellrakers i. 7 Last card, boys—down and dirty.

B. adv.

In a devious or surreptitious manner.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adverb]

softlyc1225

by stalea1240

privilya1250

slylyc1275

thieflyc1290

stealingly13..

by stealth1390

stalworthlya1400

theftfullyc1400

theftlyc1400

theftuouslyc1400

under veilc1425

thievishly?c1450

by theft1488

quietly1488

furtively1490

by surreption1526

hugger-muggera1529

in hugger-mugger1529

underhand1538

insidiously1545

creepingly1548

surreptiously1573

underboard1582

filchingly1583

sneakingly1598

underwater1600

slipperily1603

thief-likea1625

clandestinely1632

surreptitiously1643

thievously1658

clancularly1699

stownlins1786

stealthily1806

underhandedly1806

stolen-wise1813

on (upon, under, or by) the sly1818

round-the-corner1820

underhanded1823

stealthfully1828

slinkingly1830

slippingly1830

on the sneak?1863

sneakishly1867

behind backs1874

stalkingly1891

on the side1893

under the counter1926

underground1935

under the table1938

down and dirty1959

sneakily1966

1959 Washington Post 13 Sept. b12/3 Playing it down and dirty, the unscrupulous dealer will tuck the stock away in his own inventory and sell it only after a substantial rise.

1999 Sports Illustr. (Electronic ed.) 22 Feb. We shot the movie down and dirty, with hidden cameras and wireless microphones.

2009 N.Y. Times 26 Aug. a18/6 He was willing to spend millions on negative attacks and play down and dirty in order to win.

C. adj.

1. Unprincipled, devious, viciously competitive; employing ruthless or aggressive tactics. Cf. dirty adj. 2b.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective]

unprincipled1644

improbous1657

little wortha1754

standardless1853

down and dirty1960

1960 H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 159/2 Down and dirty, done to one's disadvantage; accomplished through trickery or deception.

1969 N.Y. Times 23 July 45/3 It was the disaffected and alienated who wrote the political story of 1968. It was they, up and clean or down and dirty, who toppled Lyndon B. Johnson.

1976 Washington Post 17 Oct. d4/4 The only thing down and dirty about them this time will be the fight for first place among Denver, Detroit and Chicago.

1989 Atlanta Constit. 5 June e2 (caption) We really ought to get down and dirty with these developers who are disrespectful of the property.

2008 J. Conant Irregulars ix. 257 The down and dirty tactics of the anti-New Dealers and Roosevelt haters had spurred him into action.

2. Sexually explicit or provocative; raunchy. Cf. dirty adj. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [adjective] > lewd, bawdy, or obscene

lewdc1386

filthy?c1400

knavishc1405

sensual?a1425

ribaldousc1440

dishonestc1450

bawdya1513

ribald?a1513

ribaldious?1518

slovenly?1518

ribaldry1519

priapish1531

ribaldish?1533

filthous1551

ribaldly1570

obscene1571

bawdisha1586

obscenous1591

greasy1598

dirty1599

fulsome1600

spurcitious1658

lasciviating1660

smutty1668

bawdry1764

ribaldric1796

un-Quakerlike1824

fat1836

ithyphallic1856

hot1892

rorty1898

rude1919

bitchy1928

feelthy1930

raunchy1943

ranchy1959

down and dirty1969

steamy1970

sleazo1972

1969 ‘E. Everett’ (title of film) Down and dirty.

1972 N.Y. Times 3 Sept. ii. 19 (advt.) This new album includes some of the most down and dirty R&B music around.

1986 Los Angeles Times (Electronic ed.) 10 Aug. Most of the other songs these days are telling the kids to really get down and dirty... They're saying stuff like, ‘Baby I love you and want to do this and that to you and you can do this to me.’

1999 M. Hansen in D. Littlejohn Real Las Vegas 234 I enjoyed doing what I did on stage, I was real. I could be raunchy, down and dirty, and guys would throw money at me.

2008 Asiana Summer 89 The body-flaunting siren has no qualms about getting down and dirty with men.

3. Lacking finesse, refinement, or polish; direct and explicit; gritty, earthy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > ill-mannered > unrefined

boistousc1300

untheweda1325

uplandisha1387

unaffiled1390

rudea1393

knavishc1405

peoplisha1425

clubbedc1440

blunt1477

lob?1507

robust1511

borel1513

carterly1519

clubbish1530

rough?1531

rustical?1532

incondite1539

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ruggedc1565

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swabberly1596

tartarous1602

porterly1603

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lob-like1606

cluster-fisted1611

agrestic1617

inurbane1623

unelevated1627

incult1628

unbrushed1640

vulgar1643

unhewed1644

unsmooth1648

hirsute1658

loutardly1658

unhewn1659

roughsome?c1660

sordid1668

inhumanea1680

coarse1699

brutal1709

ramgunshoch1721

tramontane1740

uncouth1740

no-nationa1756

unurbane1760

turnipy1792

rudas1802

common1804

cubbish1819

clodhopping1828

vulgarian1833

cloddish1844

unkempt1846

bush1851

vulgarish1860

rodney1866

crude1876

ignorant1886

yobby1910

nekulturny1932

oikish1959

yobbish1966

ocker1972

down and dirty1977

1977 Flying June 50/2 The green Corsair pilots with only 70 hours in a retractable advanced trainer..would turn base to final with everything down and dirty.

1985 N.Y. Times Mag. 5 May ii. 46 Crab feasting is a down-and-dirty operation that requires dozens of paper napkins, large bibs, tablecloths made from brown paper or plastic shower curtains, wooden mallets, [etc.].

1986 E. E. Scharff Worldly Power xii. 208 Cony had no one on hand who could write a ‘down-and-dirty’ column about Wall Street.

1995 Minnesota Monthly Feb. 27/1 Have you ever been to a poetry slam? If there were one handy, I'd certainly go to look. But I doubt I'd go to participate. It's just a little too down-and-dirty for me.

2003 New Yorker 15 Dec. 35/3 Ron Howard gets down and dirty with a skillfully directed but rather sadistic Western.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	down and dirty
释义	down and dirtyint.adv.adj. Brit. /ˌdaʊn (ə)n(d) ˈdəːti/, U.S. /ˌdaʊn ən ˈdərdi/ Forms: 1900s– down an' dirty, 1900s– down and dirty, 1900s– down 'n dirty, 1900s– down 'n' dirty. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: down adv., and conj.¹, dirty adj. Etymology: < down adv. + and conj.¹ + dirty adj. colloquial (originally and chiefly North American). A. int. Poker. Used to accompany the dealing of a final face-down card in seven-card stud and related games. ΚΠ 1949 N. Algren Man with Golden Arm i. 117 King sees, a buck to you Jacks, Jacks bump a buck, Big Ace sees 'n here we go, down 'n dirty, when you get a hunch bet a bunch. 2000 F. Renzulli Happy Wanderer (HBO TV shooting script) 31 in Sopranos 2nd Ser. (O.E.D. Archive) The can is half filled with chips. Christopher retrieves, pours the chips on the desk. Sunshine. Down and dirty. He deals one last card to each, face down. 2012 ‘O. G. Irons’ Hellrakers i. 7 Last card, boys—down and dirty. B. adv. In a devious or surreptitious manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adverb] softlyc1225 by stalea1240 privilya1250 slylyc1275 thieflyc1290 stealingly13.. by stealth1390 stalworthlya1400 theftfullyc1400 theftlyc1400 theftuouslyc1400 under veilc1425 thievishly?c1450 by theft1488 quietly1488 furtively1490 by surreption1526 hugger-muggera1529 in hugger-mugger1529 underhand1538 insidiously1545 creepingly1548 surreptiously1573 underboard1582 filchingly1583 sneakingly1598 underwater1600 slipperily1603 thief-likea1625 clandestinely1632 surreptitiously1643 thievously1658 clancularly1699 stownlins1786 stealthily1806 underhandedly1806 stolen-wise1813 on (upon, under, or by) the sly1818 round-the-corner1820 underhanded1823 stealthfully1828 slinkingly1830 slippingly1830 on the sneak?1863 sneakishly1867 behind backs1874 stalkingly1891 on the side1893 under the counter1926 underground1935 under the table1938 down and dirty1959 sneakily1966 1959 Washington Post 13 Sept. b12/3 Playing it down and dirty, the unscrupulous dealer will tuck the stock away in his own inventory and sell it only after a substantial rise. 1999 Sports Illustr. (Electronic ed.) 22 Feb. We shot the movie down and dirty, with hidden cameras and wireless microphones. 2009 N.Y. Times 26 Aug. a18/6 He was willing to spend millions on negative attacks and play down and dirty in order to win. C. adj. 1. Unprincipled, devious, viciously competitive; employing ruthless or aggressive tactics. Cf. dirty adj. 2b. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] unprincipled1644 improbous1657 little wortha1754 standardless1853 down and dirty1960 1960 H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 159/2 Down and dirty, done to one's disadvantage; accomplished through trickery or deception. 1969 N.Y. Times 23 July 45/3 It was the disaffected and alienated who wrote the political story of 1968. It was they, up and clean or down and dirty, who toppled Lyndon B. Johnson. 1976 Washington Post 17 Oct. d4/4 The only thing down and dirty about them this time will be the fight for first place among Denver, Detroit and Chicago. 1989 Atlanta Constit. 5 June e2 (caption) We really ought to get down and dirty with these developers who are disrespectful of the property. 2008 J. Conant Irregulars ix. 257 The down and dirty tactics of the anti-New Dealers and Roosevelt haters had spurred him into action. 2. Sexually explicit or provocative; raunchy. Cf. dirty adj. 2a. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [adjective] > lewd, bawdy, or obscene lewdc1386 filthy?c1400 knavishc1405 sensual?a1425 ribaldousc1440 dishonestc1450 bawdya1513 ribald?a1513 ribaldious?1518 slovenly?1518 ribaldry1519 priapish1531 ribaldish?1533 filthous1551 ribaldly1570 obscene1571 bawdisha1586 obscenous1591 greasy1598 dirty1599 fulsome1600 spurcitious1658 lasciviating1660 smutty1668 bawdry1764 ribaldric1796 un-Quakerlike1824 fat1836 ithyphallic1856 hot1892 rorty1898 rude1919 bitchy1928 feelthy1930 raunchy1943 ranchy1959 down and dirty1969 steamy1970 sleazo1972 1969 ‘E. Everett’ (title of film) Down and dirty. 1972 N.Y. Times 3 Sept. ii. 19 (advt.) This new album includes some of the most down and dirty R&B music around. 1986 Los Angeles Times (Electronic ed.) 10 Aug. Most of the other songs these days are telling the kids to really get down and dirty... They're saying stuff like, ‘Baby I love you and want to do this and that to you and you can do this to me.’ 1999 M. Hansen in D. Littlejohn Real Las Vegas 234 I enjoyed doing what I did on stage, I was real. I could be raunchy, down and dirty, and guys would throw money at me. 2008 Asiana Summer 89 The body-flaunting siren has no qualms about getting down and dirty with men. 3. Lacking finesse, refinement, or polish; direct and explicit; gritty, earthy. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > ill-mannered > unrefined boistousc1300 untheweda1325 uplandisha1387 unaffiled1390 rudea1393 knavishc1405 peoplisha1425 clubbedc1440 blunt1477 lob?1507 robust1511 borel1513 carterly1519 clubbish1530 rough?1531 rustical?1532 incondite1539 agrestc1550 rusticc1550 brute1555 lobcocka1556 loutisha1556 carterlike1561 boorish1562 ruggedc1565 lobbish1567 loutlike1567 sowish1570 clownish1581 unrefined1582 impolished1583 homespun1590 transalpinea1592 swaddish1593 unpolished1594 untutored1595 swabberly1596 tartarous1602 porterly1603 lobcocked1606 lob-like1606 cluster-fisted1611 agrestic1617 inurbane1623 unelevated1627 incult1628 unbrushed1640 vulgar1643 unhewed1644 unsmooth1648 hirsute1658 loutardly1658 unhewn1659 roughsome?c1660 sordid1668 inhumanea1680 coarse1699 brutal1709 ramgunshoch1721 tramontane1740 uncouth1740 no-nationa1756 unurbane1760 turnipy1792 rudas1802 common1804 cubbish1819 clodhopping1828 vulgarian1833 cloddish1844 unkempt1846 bush1851 vulgarish1860 rodney1866 crude1876 ignorant1886 yobby1910 nekulturny1932 oikish1959 yobbish1966 ocker1972 down and dirty1977 1977 Flying June 50/2 The green Corsair pilots with only 70 hours in a retractable advanced trainer..would turn base to final with everything down and dirty. 1985 N.Y. Times Mag. 5 May ii. 46 Crab feasting is a down-and-dirty operation that requires dozens of paper napkins, large bibs, tablecloths made from brown paper or plastic shower curtains, wooden mallets, [etc.]. 1986 E. E. Scharff Worldly Power xii. 208 Cony had no one on hand who could write a ‘down-and-dirty’ column about Wall Street. 1995 Minnesota Monthly Feb. 27/1 Have you ever been to a poetry slam? If there were one handy, I'd certainly go to look. But I doubt I'd go to participate. It's just a little too down-and-dirty for me. 2003 New Yorker 15 Dec. 35/3 Ron Howard gets down and dirty with a skillfully directed but rather sadistic Western. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.adv.adj.1949
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