Meaning of slut | Babel Free

Definitions

1. a madwoman, female equivalent of loco
2. A sexually promiscuous woman.
   derogatory, often, vulgar
3. A prostitute.
   broadly, derogatory, often, vulgar
4. an effeminate man or boy
5. Any sexually promiscuous person.
   derogatory, often, vulgar
6. a very flirtatious homosexual man or boy
7. Someone who seeks attention through inappropriate means or to an excessive degree.
   derogatory, figuratively, often, vulgar
8. feminine singular of loco
9. A disloyal individual; someone who does not commit to a particular thing.
   derogatory, figuratively, often, vulgar
10. A slovenly, untidy person, usually a woman.
    archaic, derogatory
11. A bold, outspoken woman.
    derogatory, obsolete
12. A female dog.
    obsolete
13. A maidservant.
    obsolete
14. A rag soaked in a flammable substance and lit for illumination.
    obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“dirty slut”

“total slut”

“Some cry out against sin even as the mother cries out against her child in her lap, when she calleth it slut and naughty girl, and then falls to hugging and kissing it.”

“You could hire a slut for a few hours, if you're that desperate.”

“Before he met you, he was such a whore. No, I'm sorry! Whores get paid. He was a slut.”

“a press slut”

“Dude: Since when did you become a political whore? Phil: I prefer the term political slut, thank you very much!”

“That guy was a job slut; he changed jobs way too often and quickly, to the point that employers will no longer hire him.”

“Clo. Truly, and to cast away honestie vppon a foule slut, were to put good meate into an vncleane dish. / Aud. I am not a slut, though I thanke the Goddes I am foule.”

“Where fires thou find’st unrak’d, and hearths unswept, / There pinch the Maids as blew as Bill-berry, / Our radiant Queene, hates Sluts, and Sluttery.”

“The doat on Dowdyes, and Deformity: E'en what they cannot praise, they will not blame, But veil with some extenuating name: The Sallow Skin is for the Swarthy put, And love can make a Slattern of a Slut …”

“Our Polly is a sad Slut! nor heeds what we have taught her.”

“To hear her rant, one would have supposed, who had not seen him, that her lank-haired, grimly partner was the prettiest youth in the county of Dublin, and that all the comely lasses in Chapelizod and the country round were sighing and setting caps at him; and Devereux, who had a vein of satire, and loved even farce, enjoyed the heroics of the fat old slut.”

“You damned impudent slut, you! But it's better than snivelling; better than fetching slippers and finding spectacles, isnt it? [Rising] By George, Eliza, I said I'd make a woman of you; and I have. I like you like this.”

“‘Bête!’ returned the angry Frenchman, bestowing a savage kick on one of the unoffending pups which was frisking about his feet. The pup yelped; the slut barked and leaped furiously at the offender, and was only kept from biting him by Sam, who could scarcely hold her back for laughing; the captain was uproarious; the offended Frenchman alone maintained a severe and dignified aspect.”

“He sent me to an old bark hut, / Inhabited by a greyhound slut, / Who put her fangs through my poor fut, / And, snarling, off she ran.”

“‘Like a slut and all the dogs mounting her.’”

“Our little girl Susan is a most admirable slut, and pleases us mightily, doing more service than both the others and deserves wages better.”

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