slut

Meaning

Noun

1. (derogatory, often, vulgar) A sexually promiscuous woman.
2. (broadly, derogatory, often, vulgar) A sexually promiscuous woman.
3. (derogatory, often, vulgar) Any sexually promiscuous person.
4. (derogatory, figuratively, often, vulgar) Someone who seeks attention through inappropriate means or to an excessive degree.
5. (derogatory, figuratively, often, vulgar) A disloyal individual; someone who does not commit to a particular thing.
6. (archaic, derogatory) A slovenly, untidy person, usually a woman.
7. (derogatory, obsolete) A bold, outspoken woman.
8. (obsolete) A female dog.
9. (obsolete) A maidservant.
10. (obsolete) A rag soaked in a flammable substance and lit for illumination.

Verb

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

Synonyms

whore

trollop

bitch

strumpet

hooker

slattern

harlot

hussy

prostitute

tart

jade

bimbo

tramp

sloven

hustler

ho

loose woman

fornicatress

girl

👧

adulteress

slovenly woman

floozie

slag

floozy

puta

oiran

lady of the night

comfort girl

adulterer

alley cat

broad

chippy

cyprian

drudge

filth

floosie

floosy

grub

nosing

streetwalker

trail

trull

wench

woman

👩

womanizer

kitchen-maid

nympho

immoral woman

prosty

fornicatrix

Translations

putain

Schlampe

garce

👧

slet

Nutte

Hure

puta

salope

puta

hoer

pute

Flittchen

zorra

puttana

prostituée

Pronounced as (IPA)

/slʌt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: slutt

Inherited from Old English: *slȳte

Cognate with Dutch: slodder

Cognate with Swedish: slata

Cognate with Norwegian: sludd

Cognate with Norwegian: slutr

In summary

From Middle English slutt, slutte, slute (“a dirty or slovenly person, usually a woman, scullery maid; messy animal to prepare as food; slush, mud”), probably from Old English *slȳte (“sleet”), from Proto-West Germanic *slautijā, from Proto-Germanic *slautijǭ (“sleet, hail”), related to Proto-West Germanic *slaut (“puddle, ditch”). Compare Dutch slodder and slet, dialectal Swedish slata (“idle woman”), Norwegian sludd (“sleet”), and the dialectal Norwegian slutr (“sleet, impure liquid”). Doublet of sleet.