DISH THE DIRT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dish the dirt mean? 

• DISH THE DIRT (verb)
  The verb DISH THE DIRT has 1 sense:

1. wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies

  Familiarity information: DISH THE DIRT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISH THE DIRT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

dish the dirt; gossip

Context example:

She won't dish the dirt

Hypernyms (to "dish the dirt" is one way to...):

speak; talk (exchange thoughts; talk with)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dish the dirt"):

bruit; rumor; rumour (tell or spread rumors)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP