noun
Meaning 1
A strumpet; a whore.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory
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noun
A strumpet; a whore.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory
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verb
to act in a sluggish or slovenly manner
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verb
to dangle soggily: become bedraggled
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Usage: Scotland
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verb
to behave like a trollop
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verb
Of a horse: to move with a gait between a trot and a gallop; to canter.
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noun
a woman adulterer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: adulteress, fornicatress, hussy, jade, loose woman, slut, strumpet
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Broader terms: adulterer, fornicator
noun
a dirty untidy woman
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: slattern, slut, slovenly woman
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Broader terms: slob, sloven, pig, slovenly person
History
Origin uncertain; apparently connected with the Middle English trollen (“to go about, stroll, roll from side to side”). Ostensibly influenced, if not derived, in some way by a word from Old Norse trǫll (“troll, witch, mage, monster, etc.”).
Across languages
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