dusty adj : covered with a layer of dusty; "a dusty pile of books" [syn: dust-covered] [also: dustiest, dustier]

see Dusty

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌsti

Adjective

1. Covered with dust.
2. powdery and resembling dust
3. gray/grey in parts

Translations

• Dutch: stoffig (1,2)
• German: staubig (1,2)
• Russian пыльный (1)
• Spanish: polvoriento (1)

Derived terms

• dusty miller

Dusty is an adjective describing an environment containing a lot of dust.

Dusty may refer to:

Things

• Dusty (musical), an Australian musical about Dusty Springfield written by John Michael Howson
• Dusty, the 1964 US version of the debut album of singer Dusty Springfield

Places

• Dusty, Tajikistan, a town in southern Tajikistan, formerly Molotovabad
• Dusty, New Mexico, a town in western Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
• Dusty, Washington, a tiny town in Whitman County, Washington, USA

People

• Slim Dusty (1927-2003), an Australian outback singer-songwriter
• Dusty Miller, a Canadian politician
• Dusty Rhodes disambiguation page
• Dusty Springfield (1939-1999), English soul singer
• Kyle "Dusty" Foggo (1954- ), a US government intelligence officer

Characters

• Dusty (Archie), the sidekick of Archie comics superhero "The Shield"
• Dusty (G.I. Joe), a character from the G.I. Joe cartoon, toy and comic book series.
• Dusty Bin, mascot character from the UK gameshow 3-2-1.

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