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slut

[ sluht ]

noun

  1. Disparaging and Offensive. a person, especially a woman, who is sexually promiscuous.
  2. Informal. a person with a seemingly insatiable but often undiscerning desire to do or have something specified: a book slut, reading five books at once.

    guilty of being a shoe slut;

    a book slut, reading five books at once.

  3. Archaic.
    1. a prostitute; harlot.
    2. an immoral or dissolute woman.
    3. a dirty, slovenly woman.


slut

/ slʌt /

noun

  1. derogatory.
    a dirty slatternly woman
  2. derogatory.
    an immoral woman
  3. archaic.
    a female dog
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈsluttish, adjective
  • ˈsluttishly, adverb
  • ˈsluttishness, noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of slut1

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English slutte; compare dialectal slut “mud,” Norwegian (dialectal) slutr “sleet, impure liquid”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of slut1

C14: of unknown origin
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Example Sentences

Slut-Shaming Helen of Troy Emily Wilson, The New Republic If we blame her for the Trojan War, what does that say about us?

In Boston, a bunch of Neanderthals threatened to hold a “pimp walk” in response to the Slut Walk.

"Slut," the message popped up from someone named "ArtsyFartsy" as soon as I activated the app.

Such rude candour on "The Cub-Slut's" part had made her feared; so that nobody durst provoke her in the slightest degree.

"The Cub-Slut" stood firm before Csar, provocative, with flashing eyes, in an attitude of challenge.

This island was of the drift formation, and as late as half a century ago, a portion of it still remained, being called Slut Bush.

Then suspecting that she was shut up with a gallant, he struck great blows upon the door and began to shout 'Slut!

"The Cub-Slut" answered in the negative, by an energetic movement of her head.

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