slut

noun

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

   “dirty slut”

   “total slut”

2. (broadly, derogatory, often, vulgar)A sexually promiscuous woman.

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

3. (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.”

4. (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!”

5. (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.”

6. (archaic, derogatory)A slovenly, untidy person, usually a woman.

   “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.”

   “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.”

   “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 …”

7. (derogatory, obsolete)A bold, outspoken woman.

   “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.”

8. (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.”

   “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.’”

9. (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.”

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.

   “In an effort to avoid any spontaneous slutting out, I give myself a stern look in the mirror. "You can make out with him, but that's it," I tell my boy-crazed reflection.”

2. (slang, usually, vulgar)To visit places frequented by men, with the intention of engaging in sexual intercourse by means of flirting.

   “Shirley, you slut around here again, and I swear to God I'll break your neck.”

   “The radicals are reluctant to admit that slutting around is a phase that most gay men go through, but not a permanent — what's that phrase? Oh, yes — "lifestyle choice."”