smut

noun

A particle of dirt or soot.

noun

A smudge made by soot, smoke, or dirt.

noun

Sexually explicit or prurient language or material, such as books or movies.

noun

Any of various plant diseases, especially of cereal grasses, caused by parasitic fungi chiefly of the class Ustilaginomycetes that form black powdery masses of spores on the affected parts.

noun

A fungus causing such a disease.

intransitive verb

To blacken or smudge, as with smoke or grime.

intransitive verb

To affect (a plant) with smut.

intransitive verb

To be or become blackened or smudged.