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slut

noun · verb · 14 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /slʌt/
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  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ʌt
  • Northern-England: /slʊt/
  • Australian: /ˈsɫɐt/
  • CMU ARPABET: S L AH1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A sexually promiscuous woman.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, often, vulgar

Examples

  • dirty slut
  • total slut

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A sexually promiscuous woman.

A prostitute.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, derogatory, often, vulgar

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Any sexually promiscuous person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, often, vulgar

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Someone who seeks attention through inappropriate means or to an excessive degree.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, figuratively, often, vulgar

Examples

  • a press slut

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A disloyal individual; someone who does not commit to a particular thing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, figuratively, often, vulgar

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A slovenly, untidy person, usually a woman.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, derogatory

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A bold, outspoken woman.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A female dog.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A maidservant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

A rag soaked in a flammable substance and lit for illumination.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To wear slutty clothing or makeup, or otherwise behave in a slutty manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: vulgar

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To visit places frequented by men, with the intention of engaging in sexual intercourse by means of flirting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang, usually, vulgar

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

a woman adulterer

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: adulteress, fornicatress, hussy, jade, loose woman, strumpet, trollop

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: adulterer, fornicator

14

noun

Meaning 14

a dirty untidy woman

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: slattern, slovenly woman, trollop

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: slob, sloven, pig, slovenly person

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

248 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: kurvë — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Albanian: zuskë — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Amharic: ሸርሙጣ (shermuta) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Arabic: عَاهِرَة (ʕāhira) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Armenian: պոռնիկ (poṙnik) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Armenian: փչացած (pʻčʻacʻac) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Armenian: ման եկող (man ekoġ) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Azerbaijani: qəhbə — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Belarusian: шлю́ха (šljúxa) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Belarusian: ку́рва (kúrva) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Belarusian: шлю́ндра (šljúndra) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Belarusian: прасталы́тка (prastalýtka) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Bulgarian: у́личница (úličnica) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Bulgarian: ку́рва (kúrva) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Bulgarian: шафранти́я (šafrantíja) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Catalan: meuca — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Catalan: porca — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蕩婦 /荡妇 (dàngfù) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Chinese Mandarin: 騷貨 /骚货 (sāohuò) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Czech: kurva — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Czech: coura — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Czech: běhna — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Danish: tøjte — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Danish: mær — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Danish: luder — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Dutch: slet — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Dutch: hoer — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Dutch: stoephoer — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Esperanto: ĉiesulino — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Esperanto: putino — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Faroese: teys — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Finnish: lutka — sexually promiscuous woman
  • French: salope — sexually promiscuous woman
  • French: trainée — sexually promiscuous woman
  • French: garce — sexually promiscuous woman
  • French: pute — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Galician: lurpia — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Galician: pendanga — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Galician: candonga — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Galician: bandallo — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Galician: beldro — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Galician: zurrupio — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Galician: xosca — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Galician: bordiona — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Galician: lumia — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Galician: maturranga — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Galician: pindonga — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Galician: galdrana — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Galician: coira — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Galician: bagaxa — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Galician: viltroteira — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Galician: zolada — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Galician: puta — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Georgian: ბოზი (bozi) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • German: Schlampe — sexually promiscuous woman
  • German: Luder — sexually promiscuous woman
  • German: Flittchen — sexually promiscuous woman
  • German: Schluenze — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Greek: τσούλα (tsoúla) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Greek: πόρνη (pórni) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Greek: πουτάνα (poutána) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Ancient Greek: μαχλάς (makhlás) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Ancient Greek: σοβάς (sobás) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Ancient Greek: χαλιμάς (khalimás) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Hebrew: זוֹנָה (zoná) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Hebrew: שַׁרְמוּטָה (sharmúta) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Hindi: कुलटा (kulṭā) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Hindi: रंडी (raṇḍī) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Hindi: कसबी (kasbī) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Hindi: पतुरिया (paturiyā) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Hungarian: szajha — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Hungarian: kurva — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Hungarian: ribanc — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Icelandic: drusla — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Ido: putanino — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Indonesian: lonte — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Indonesian: perek — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Indonesian: bispak — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Ingrian: kurva — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Ingrian: bläädi — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Interlingua: puta — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Irish: striapach — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Italian: puttana — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Italian: troia — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Italian: sgualdrina — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Italian: mignotta — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Italian: baldracca — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Japanese: 痴女 (chijo) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Japanese: 浮気女 (uwakionna) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Japanese: やりまん (yariman) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • K'iche': joxol ixoq — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Korean: 걸레 (geolle) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Korean: 갈보 (galbo) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Korean: 잡년 (jamnyeon) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Latin: moecha — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Latvian: mauka — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Latvian: palaistuve — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Latvian: slampa — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Macedonian: курва (kurva) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Macedonian: ороспија (orospija) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Macedonian: блудница (bludnica) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Macedonian: калаштура (kalaštura) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Malayalam: പിഴ (piḻa) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Māori: hikawai — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Māori: karihika — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Māori: tīweka — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Māori: wahine tīweka — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Māori: tarau makere — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Khiamniungan Naga: wàp — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Navajo: kiyąąh sizíní — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Norman: guénipe — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Norwegian: ludder — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Norwegian: tøs — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Norwegian Bokmål: slut — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Persian: جنده (jende) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Persian: فاحشه (fâheše) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Plautdietsch: Zelj — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Polish: kurwa — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Polish: dziwka — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Polish: szmata — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Polish: ulicznica — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Portuguese: puta — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Portuguese: vadia — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Portuguese: badalhoca — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Portuguese: porca — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Portuguese: cachorra — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Romanian: târfă — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Romanian: coardă — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Romanian: curvă — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Romanian: cocotă — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Russian: шлю́ха (šljúxa) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Russian: шала́ва (šaláva) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Russian: ля́рва (ljárva) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Russian: блядь (bljadʹ) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Russian: ку́рва (kúrva) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Russian: потаску́ха (potaskúxa) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Northern Sami: roahcu — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Sanskrit: रण्डा (raṇḍā) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Scottish Gaelic: luid — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Serbo-Croatian: блу́дница — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Serbo-Croatian: дроља — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Serbo-Croatian: курва — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Serbo-Croatian: blúdnica — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Serbo-Croatian: drolja — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Serbo-Croatian: kurva — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Slovak: kurva — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Slovene: kurba — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Lower Sorbian: hura — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Spanish: zorra — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Spanish: zorrón — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Spanish: puta — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Spanish: putona — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Spanish: pendón — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Spanish: pendona — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Spanish: furcia — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Spanish: golfa — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Spanish: atorranta — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Spanish: ramera — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Spanish: mujerzuela — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Spanish: pelandusca — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Swedish: slampa — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Tagalog: kiyo — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Tajik: фоҳиша (fohiša) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Thai: หญิงโสมม (yǐng sǒo-mom) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Turkish: orospu — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Turkish: kahpe — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Ukrainian: шлю́ха (šljúxa) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Ukrainian: шльо́ндра (šlʹóndra) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Ukrainian: ку́рва (kúrva) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Urdu: رنڈی (raṇḍī) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Vietnamese: đĩ — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Vietnamese: điếm — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Yiddish: זונה (zoyne) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Yiddish: קורווע (kurve) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Yiddish: הור (hur) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Yiddish: שליוכע (shlyukhe) — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Zazaki: orıspi — sexually promiscuous woman
  • Bulgarian: повлека́на (povlekána) — untidy person
  • French: truie — untidy person
  • French: souillon — untidy person
  • Galician: lurpia — untidy person
  • Galician: pendanga — untidy person
  • Galician: bandallo — untidy person
  • Galician: beldro — untidy person
  • Galician: zurrupio — untidy person
  • Galician: xosca — untidy person
  • Galician: bordiona — untidy person
  • Galician: lumia — untidy person
  • Galician: maturranga — untidy person
  • Galician: pindonga — untidy person
  • Galician: galdrana — untidy person
  • Galician: coira — untidy person
  • Galician: bagaxa — untidy person
  • Galician: viltroteira — untidy person
  • Galician: zolada — untidy person
  • Galician: puta — untidy person
  • German: Schlampe — untidy person
  • German: Schlonz — untidy person
  • German: Schlumpe — untidy person
  • German: Schluse — untidy person
  • Irish: abarlach — untidy person
  • Irish: ceamach — untidy person
  • Persian: شلخته (šelaxte) — untidy person
  • Polish: flejtuch — untidy person
  • Russian: неря́ха (nerjáxa) — untidy person
  • Spanish: guarro — untidy person
  • Spanish: guarra — untidy person
  • Finnish: ämmä — bold, outspoken woman
  • Finnish: eukko — bold, outspoken woman
  • German: Wortführerin — bold, outspoken woman
  • German: Großsprecherin — bold, outspoken woman
  • German: Marktweib — bold, outspoken woman
  • Japanese: お転婆 (o-tenba) — bold, outspoken woman
  • Spanish: descarada — bold, outspoken woman
  • Bulgarian: ку́чка (kúčka) — a female dog
  • Danish: tæve — a female dog
  • Danish: tævehund — a female dog
  • Esperanto: hundino — a female dog
  • Finnish: narttu — a female dog
  • French: chienne — a female dog
  • Galician: cadela — a female dog
  • German: Hündin — a female dog
  • Hungarian: szuka — a female dog
  • Ido: hundino — a female dog
  • Irish: Soith — a female dog
  • Italian: cagna — a female dog
  • Japanese: 雌犬 (mesuinu) — a female dog
  • Latvian: kuce — a female dog
  • Macedonian: кучка (kučka) — a female dog
  • Polish: suka — a female dog
  • Portuguese: cachorra — a female dog
  • Portuguese: cadela — a female dog
  • Romanian: cățea — a female dog
  • Russian: су́ка (súka) — a female dog
  • Spanish: perra — a female dog
  • Swedish: tik — a female dog
  • Swedish: hynda — a female dog
  • Zazaki: dele (diq) — a female dog
  • Bulgarian: слуги́ня (slugínja) — a maid
  • Finnish: palvelijatar — a maid
  • German: Dienstmädchen — a maid
  • German: Hausmädchen — a maid
  • German: Magd — a maid
  • German: Dienstmagd — a maid
  • German: Mädchen — a maid
  • German: Hausangestellte — a maid
  • Spanish: criada — a maid
  • Spanish: sirvienta — a maid