dish the dirt

verb

To tell salacious gossip.

“The tabloid newspaper was eager to dish the dirt on celebrities.”

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gossip
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Meanings

verbdish the dirt (third-person singular simple present dishes the dirt, present participle dishing the dirt, simple past and past participle dished the dirt)

present singular third person dishes the dirt · participle present dishing the dirt · participle past dished the dirt · past dished the dirt

  1. idiomaticinformalTo tell salacious gossip.

    The tabloid newspaper was eager to dish the dirt on celebrities.

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
gossip
Broader
talkspeak
Also see
cagfetch and carrygossip

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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dish the dirt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dish%20the%20dirt

MLA

“dish the dirt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dish%20the%20dirt. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dish the dirt,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dish%20the%20dirt.

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