slut

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /slʌt/

Noun

slut (plural sluts)

1. (vulgar, often derogatory) A sexually promiscuous woman or girl.

   She's a slut, but I love her.

   1. (vulgar, by extension) A prostitute.

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

2. (vulgar, derogatory) Any sexually promiscuous person, often a gay man.
   • 2005, Adam & Steve

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

3. (vulgar, figuratively, often derogatory) Someone who seeks attention through inappropriate means or to an excessive degree.

   a press slut

4. (vulgar, figuratively, often derogatory) A disloyal individual; someone who does not commit to a particular thing.

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

5. (archaic, derogatory) A slovenly, untidy person, usually a woman.
   • 1600 CE: William Shakespeare, As you like it

     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.

   • 1602 CE: William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor

     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.

6. (obsolete, derogatory) A bold, outspoken woman.
   • 1728 CE: John Gay, Begger’s Opera

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

7. (obsolete) A female dog.
8. (obsolete) A maidservant.
   • 1664 CE: Samuel Pepys, The Diary of Samuel Pepys

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

9. (obsolete) A rag soaked in a flammable substance and lit for illumination.

Synonyms

• (sexually promiscuous woman) See also Thesaurus:promiscuous woman.
• (prostitute) See also Thesaurus:prostitute.
• (untidy person) See also Thesaurus:untidy person.

Related terms

• slattern

Translations

• French: salope, trainée, garce, pute
• German: Schlampe, Luder, Flittchen
• Italian: puttana, troia, sgualdrina, mignotta, baldracca
• Portuguese: puta, piranha, vadia, piriguete
• Russian: шлю́ха
• Spanish: zorra, zorrón, puta, (colloquial) putona, pendón, furcia, golfa, pendón

Translations

• French: truie
• German: Schlampe, Schlonz, Schlumpe, Schluse
• Spanish: guarro, guarra

Translations

• German: Wortführerin, Großsprecherin, Marktweib
• Spanish: descarada

Translations

• French: chienne
• German: Hündin
• Italian: cagna
• Portuguese: cachorra
• Russian: су́ка
• Spanish: perra

Translations

• German: Dienstmädchen, Hausmädchen, Magd, Dienstmagd, Mädchen, Hausangestellte
• Spanish: criada, sirvienta

Verb

slut (sluts, present participle slutting; past and past participle slutted)

1. (vulgar) To wear slutty clothing or makeup, or otherwise behave in a slutty manner.
2. (slang, vulgar, usually with around) To visit places frequented by men, with the intention of engaging in sexual intercourse by means of flirting.

Synonyms

• (behave in a slutty manner) See Thesaurus:harlotize
• (visit places frequented by men) cruise, troll

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