Slut (disambiguation)
WordNet

noun


(1)   A woman adulterer
(2)   A dirty untidy woman
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Etymology


First attested in 1402 CE, with the meaning untidy woman; cognate with the Dutch slodder, dialectal Swedish slata (idle woman). From the Late Middle English slutte, from slut (mud); of uncertain origin beyond that. Cf. the Norwegian slutr (sleet, impure liquid).

Noun



  1. a sexually promiscuous woman.
    She's a slut, but I love her.
  2. a man with the above qualities, 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. a prostitute.
    You could hire a slut for a few hours, if you're that desperate.
  4. 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.
  5. a bold, outspoken woman.
    • 1728 CE: John Gay, Begger’s Opera
      Our Polly is a sad Slut! nor heeds what we have taught her.
  6. a female dog.
    • 1852 CE: Susanna Moodie, Roughing it in the Bush
      ‘Bete!’ 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. The dogs were at length dismissed, and peace restored.
  7. a maid.
    • 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.
 
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