throw dirt Definition

dirt
noun

1. Any unclean substance, eg mud or dust.

Thesaurus: filth, stain, tarnish, grime, impurity; smut, obscenity, indecency; Antonym: cleanliness.
2. Soil; earth.

Thesaurus: earth, soil, loam, clay, mud, dust, mire, muck.
3. A mixture of earth and cinders used to make road surfaces.
4. euphemistic
Excrement.
Example: dog dirt
5. colloq
Obscene speech or writing.
6. colloq
Spiteful gossip; scandal.
Example: journalists desperate to get some dirt on him

Idiom: eat dirt

To submit to humiliation.

Idiom: throw dirt

To harm someone's reputation.

Idiom: treat someone like dirt

To treat them with no consideration or respect.

Etymology: 13c as dritte: from Norse drit excrement.