slut en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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(derogatory, often, vulgar) A sexually promiscuous woman.
total slut
In other words, we know who you are—the bastard child of that slut and her foolish carpenter.
2021 [2001], John Eldredge, chapter 10, in Wild at Heart, Expanded edition, Nelson Books, →ISBN, page 170:dirty slut
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(broadly, derogatory, often, vulgar) A sexually promiscuous woman. ▸ A prostitute.
You could hire a slut for a few hours, if you're that desperate.
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(derogatory, often, vulgar) Any sexually promiscuous person.
Before he met you, he was such a whore. No, I'm sorry! Whores get paid. He was a slut.
2005, Adam & Steve:
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(derogatory, figuratively, often, vulgar) Someone who seeks attention through inappropriate means or to an excessive degree.
a press slut
Dude: Since when did you become a political whore? Phil: I prefer the term political slut, thank you very much!
2004 February 12, Bayard Russell, nonemorecomic:
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(derogatory, figuratively, often, vulgar) 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.
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(archaic, derogatory) A slovenly, untidy person, usually a woman.
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 …
1685, John Dryden, Slyvae: or, the Second Part of Poetical Miscellanies, "Lucretius: The Fourth Book. Concerning the Nature of Love,: lines 142-46If we find clean water and clean towels we leave them money, either in their basins, or in their shoes; but if we find no clean water in their houses, we wash our children in their pottage, milk, or beer, or whatever we find: for the sluts that have not such things fitting, we wash their faces and hands with a gilded child's clout, or else carry them to some river and duck them over head and ears.
1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 289: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.
c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):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.
1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC: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.
c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
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(derogatory, obsolete) A bold, outspoken woman.
Our Polly is a sad Slut! nor heeds what we have taught her.
1728, [John] Gay, The Beggar’s Opera. […], London: […] John Watts, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):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.
1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “In Which Mr. Dangerfield Visits the Church of Chapelizod, and Zekiel Irons Goes A-fishing”, in The House by the Church-yard. […], volume I, London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 203: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.
1912 (date written), [George] Bernard Shaw, “Pygmalion”, in Androcles and the Lion, Overruled, Pygmalion, London: Constable and Company, published 1916, →OCLC, Act V, page 190:
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(obsolete) A female dog.
‘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.
1852, Susanna Moodie, Roughing it in the Bush:‘Like a slut and all the dogs mounting her.’
1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 17: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.
1905, Banjo Paterson, Old Bush Songs, page 42:
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(obsolete) A maidservant.
Our little girl Susan is a most admirable slut, and pleases us mightily, doing more service than both the others and deserves wages better.
1661–1669 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “(please specify the entry date)”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume (please specify |volume=I to X), London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1893–1899, →OCLC:
- (obsolete) A rag soaked in a flammable substance and lit for illumination.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sl*t | alternative | lexicographic | |
| s**t | alternative | lexicographic | |
| sluts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Slutney (sexually promiscuous woman) · painslut (sexually promiscuous woman) · cover-slut (other senses) · slutwhore (sexually promiscuous woman) · cumslut (sexually promiscuous woman) · slunt (sexually promiscuous woman) · bitchslut (sexually promiscuous woman) · Facebook slut (sexually promiscuous woman) · slitch (unsorted, all vulgar) · slutwad (sexually promiscuous woman) · slut-shaming (sexually promiscuous woman) · slut-shamey (sexually promiscuous woman) · slut's wool (other senses) · cyberslut (sexually promiscuous woman) · sluthole (sexually promiscuous woman) · slutfucker (sexually promiscuous woman) · sluttish (sexually promiscuous woman) · slutbag (sexually promiscuous woman) · slut-cover (other senses) · fuckslut (sexually promiscuous woman) · slut fucker (sexually promiscuous woman) · slut shaming (sexually promiscuous woman) · slut drop (other senses) · slut-maker (sexually promiscuous woman) · sluthead (unsorted, all vulgar) · turboslut (sexually promiscuous woman) · manslut (sexually promiscuous woman) · slutface (unsorted, all vulgar) · shitslut (unsorted, all vulgar) · slutlike (sexually promiscuous woman) · sluttishness (sexually promiscuous woman) · slore (sexually promiscuous woman) · slutty (sexually promiscuous woman) · sluttiness (sexually promiscuous woman) · slut hole (sexually promiscuous woman) · slutbitch (sexually promiscuous woman) · slutdom (sexually promiscuous woman) · sluttification (sexually promiscuous woman) · sluthood (sexually promiscuous woman) · cuntslut (sexually promiscuous woman) · buttslut (sexually promiscuous woman) · slut-shame (sexually promiscuous woman) · footslut (unsorted, all vulgar) · out-slut (sexually promiscuous woman) · slutness (sexually promiscuous woman) · anti-slut defense (sexually promiscuous woman) · diaperslut (unsorted, all vulgar) · permaslut (sexually promiscuous woman) · slutwear (sexually promiscuous woman) · slut it up (sexually promiscuous woman) · cockslut (sexually promiscuous woman) · superslut (sexually promiscuous woman) · red-headed slut (sexually promiscuous woman) · slutwalk (sexually promiscuous woman) · cuddleslut (other senses) · healslut (other senses) · sluttery (sexually promiscuous woman) · sluttify (sexually promiscuous woman) · slut strand (other senses)
Relateds
Translations (248)
fr souillon (untidy person) · sh kurva (sexually promiscuous woman) · yi שליוכע (sexually promiscuous woman) · kix wàp (sexually promiscuous woman) · de Dienstmädchen (a maid) · gl bordiona (untidy person) · de Hausangestellte (a maid) · pl dziwka (sexually promiscuous woman) · hu kurva (sexually promiscuous woman) · fi ämmä (bold, outspoken woman) · el πόρνη (sexually promiscuous woman) · bg повлека́на (untidy person) · tl kiyo (sexually promiscuous woman) · gl galdrana (untidy person) · yi זונה (sexually promiscuous woman) · gl bandallo (untidy person) · gl bandallo (sexually promiscuous woman) · it cagna (a female dog) · no tøs (sexually promiscuous woman) · mk калаштура (sexually promiscuous woman) · izh kurva (sexually promiscuous woman) · it sgualdrina (sexually promiscuous woman) · ru шала́ва (sexually promiscuous woman) · es zorra (sexually promiscuous woman) · it baldracca (sexually promiscuous woman) · bg ку́чка (a female dog) · ga striapach (sexually promiscuous woman) · sq zuskë (sexually promiscuous woman) · da tøjte (sexually promiscuous woman) · nl stoephoer (sexually promiscuous woman) · nl slet (sexually promiscuous woman) · gl beldro (untidy person) · he שַׁרְמוּטָה (sexually promiscuous woman) · ja 浮気女 (sexually promiscuous woman) · zza dele (diq) (a female dog) · ja お転婆 (bold, outspoken woman) · da luder (sexually promiscuous woman) · sh blúdnica (sexually promiscuous woman) · be шлю́ха (sexually promiscuous woman) · be шлю́ндра (sexually promiscuous woman) · am ሸርሙጣ (sexually promiscuous woman) · is drusla (sexually promiscuous woman) · de Schlonz (untidy person) · de Marktweib (bold, outspoken woman) · da tæve (a female dog) · cs běhna (sexually promiscuous woman) · vi điếm (sexually promiscuous woman) · gl lurpia (untidy person) · sk kurva (sexually promiscuous woman) · id bispak (sexually promiscuous woman) · gl bagaxa (sexually promiscuous woman) · ml പിഴ (sexually promiscuous woman) · dsb hura (sexually promiscuous woman) · de Großsprecherin (bold, outspoken woman) · ru блядь (sexually promiscuous woman) · mi tīweka (sexually promiscuous woman) · pt porca (sexually promiscuous woman) · lv mauka (sexually promiscuous woman) · hy ման եկող (sexually promiscuous woman) · gl maturranga (sexually promiscuous woman) · la moecha (sexually promiscuous woman) · pl ulicznica (sexually promiscuous woman) · es furcia (sexually promiscuous woman) · pl flejtuch (untidy person) · sv slampa (sexually promiscuous woman) · gl viltroteira (sexually promiscuous woman) · gl zurrupio (sexually promiscuous woman) · cs coura (sexually promiscuous woman) · da tævehund (a female dog) · gl zolada (sexually promiscuous woman) · de Schlumpe (untidy person) · tg фоҳиша (sexually promiscuous woman) · bg шафранти́я (sexually promiscuous woman) · gl bagaxa (untidy person) · io hundino (a female dog) · az qəhbə (sexually promiscuous woman) · gl pindonga (sexually promiscuous woman) · sh дроља (sexually promiscuous woman) · hu szajha (sexually promiscuous woman) · es putona (sexually promiscuous woman) · nrf guénipe (sexually promiscuous woman) · gl galdrana (sexually promiscuous woman) · sq kurvë (sexually promiscuous woman) · ko 갈보 (sexually promiscuous woman) · ga Soith (a female dog) · pl kurwa (sexually promiscuous woman) · es atorranta (sexually promiscuous woman) · gd luid (sexually promiscuous woman) · uk ку́рва (sexually promiscuous woman) · bg ку́рва (sexually promiscuous woman) · pl szmata (sexually promiscuous woman) · lv slampa (sexually promiscuous woman) · it troia (sexually promiscuous woman) · gl coira (sexually promiscuous woman) · de Schlampe (untidy person) · sh drolja (sexually promiscuous woman) · gl beldro (sexually promiscuous woman) · fr salope (sexually promiscuous woman) · lv palaistuve (sexually promiscuous woman) · gl bordiona (sexually promiscuous woman) · ur رنڈی (sexually promiscuous woman) · gl xosca (sexually promiscuous woman) · quc joxol ixoq (sexually promiscuous woman) · pt puta (sexually promiscuous woman) · mi hikawai (sexually promiscuous woman) · gl zolada (untidy person) · mk курва (sexually promiscuous woman) · sa रण्डा (sexually promiscuous woman) · es perra (a female dog) · ar عَاهِرَة (sexually promiscuous woman) · es golfa (sexually promiscuous woman) · gl lurpia (sexually promiscuous woman) · ro cățea (a female dog) · gsw Schluenze (sexually promiscuous woman) · lv kuce (a female dog) · es sirvienta (a maid) · fi eukko (bold, outspoken woman) · gl pindonga (untidy person) · it mignotta (sexually promiscuous woman) · fi lutka (sexually promiscuous woman) · pt cadela (a female dog) · de Hündin (a female dog) · ca meuca (sexually promiscuous woman) · pt badalhoca (sexually promiscuous woman) · mk блудница (sexually promiscuous woman) · th หญิงโสมม (sexually promiscuous woman) · es pelandusca (sexually promiscuous woman) · io putanino (sexually promiscuous woman) · es guarro (untidy person) · be прасталы́тка (sexually promiscuous woman) · es ramera (sexually promiscuous woman) · gl maturranga (untidy person) · es guarra (untidy person) · cs kurva (sexually promiscuous woman) · fa جنده (sexually promiscuous woman) · ro coardă (sexually promiscuous woman) · vi đĩ (sexually promiscuous woman) · pt vadia (sexually promiscuous woman) · es pendona (sexually promiscuous woman) · fr trainée (sexually promiscuous woman) · gl viltroteira (untidy person) · uk шльо́ндра (sexually promiscuous woman) · uk шлю́ха (sexually promiscuous woman) · ru ку́рва (sexually promiscuous woman) · ro cocotă (sexually promiscuous woman) · el τσούλα (sexually promiscuous woman) · fi narttu (a female dog) · ru ля́рва (sexually promiscuous woman) · ca porca (sexually promiscuous woman) · ru потаску́ха (sexually promiscuous woman) · sl kurba (sexually promiscuous woman) · gl lumia (untidy person) · ro târfă (sexually promiscuous woman) · ia puta (sexually promiscuous woman) · de Flittchen (sexually promiscuous woman) · fr garce (sexually promiscuous woman) · no ludder (sexually promiscuous woman) · ga ceamach (untidy person) · fa شلخته (untidy person) · tr kahpe (sexually promiscuous woman) · fr pute (sexually promiscuous woman) · tr orospu (sexually promiscuous woman) · ko 잡년 (sexually promiscuous woman) · yi הור (sexually promiscuous woman) · sv hynda (a female dog) · ru шлю́ха (sexually promiscuous woman) · sh курва (sexually promiscuous woman) · ja やりまん (sexually promiscuous woman) · es zorrón (sexually promiscuous woman) · es puta (sexually promiscuous woman) · be ку́рва (sexually promiscuous woman) · gl lumia (sexually promiscuous woman) · zza orıspi (sexually promiscuous woman) · grc μαχλάς (sexually promiscuous woman) · ro curvă (sexually promiscuous woman) · gl puta (sexually promiscuous woman) · eo ĉiesulino (sexually promiscuous woman) · gl cadela (a female dog) · pt cachorra (a female dog) · sh блу́дница (sexually promiscuous woman) · mk кучка (a female dog) · gl pendanga (untidy person) · izh bläädi (sexually promiscuous woman) · hy պոռնիկ (sexually promiscuous woman) · grc σοβάς (sexually promiscuous woman) · fi palvelijatar (a maid) · fa فاحشه (sexually promiscuous woman) · hu ribanc (sexually promiscuous woman) · bg слуги́ня (a maid) · de Hausmädchen (a maid) · cmn 騷貨 /骚货 (sexually promiscuous woman) · de Luder (sexually promiscuous woman) · id perek (sexually promiscuous woman) · ru су́ка (a female dog) · pdt Zelj (sexually promiscuous woman) · es descarada (bold, outspoken woman) · nv kiyąąh sizíní (sexually promiscuous woman) · gl coira (untidy person) · de Magd (a maid) · el πουτάνα (sexually promiscuous woman) · eo hundino (a female dog) · fo teys (sexually promiscuous woman) · id lonte (sexually promiscuous woman) · fr chienne (a female dog) · es criada (a maid) · ko 걸레 (sexually promiscuous woman) · ja 雌犬 (a female dog) · fr truie (untidy person) · mi karihika (sexually promiscuous woman) · nl hoer (sexually promiscuous woman) · grc χαλιμάς (sexually promiscuous woman) · pt cachorra (sexually promiscuous woman) · pl suka (a female dog) · mk ороспија (sexually promiscuous woman) · ja 痴女 (sexually promiscuous woman) · hi रंडी (sexually promiscuous woman) · hu szuka (a female dog) · gl pendanga (sexually promiscuous woman) · it puttana (sexually promiscuous woman) · de Mädchen (a maid) · cmn 蕩婦 /荡妇 (sexually promiscuous woman) · hy փչացած (sexually promiscuous woman) · ru неря́ха (untidy person) · hi कुलटा (sexually promiscuous woman) · gl xosca (untidy person) · es pendón (sexually promiscuous woman) · de Dienstmagd (a maid) · gl zurrupio (untidy person) · de Schluse (untidy person) · hi कसबी (sexually promiscuous woman) · ga abarlach (untidy person) · gl puta (untidy person) · gl candonga (sexually promiscuous woman) · he זוֹנָה (sexually promiscuous woman) · es mujerzuela (sexually promiscuous woman) · hi पतुरिया (sexually promiscuous woman) · de Schlampe (sexually promiscuous woman) · de Wortführerin (bold, outspoken woman) · yi קורווע (sexually promiscuous woman) · nb slut (sexually promiscuous woman) · bg у́личница (sexually promiscuous woman) · sv tik (a female dog) · mi wahine tīweka (sexually promiscuous woman) · mi tarau makere (sexually promiscuous woman) · eo putino (sexually promiscuous woman) · ka ბოზი (sexually promiscuous woman) · se roahcu (sexually promiscuous woman) · da mær (sexually promiscuous woman)