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trollop

noun · verb · 7 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.

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɒl.əp/
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  • rhymes with -ɒləp

1

noun

Meaning 1

A strumpet; a whore.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

to act in a sluggish or slovenly manner

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

to dangle soggily: become bedraggled

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Scotland

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

to behave like a trollop

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

Of a horse: to move with a gait between a trot and a gallop; to canter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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6

noun

Meaning 6

a woman adulterer

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: adulterer, fornicator

7

noun

Meaning 7

a dirty untidy woman

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: slattern, slut, slovenly woman

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: slob, sloven, pig, slovenly person

History

Etymology

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

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: slet — woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition
  • French: pute — woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition
  • French: salope — woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition
  • French: garce — woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition
  • French: roulure — woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition
  • French: traînée — woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition
  • French: morue — woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition
  • German: Schlampe — woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition
  • German: Hure — woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition
  • Hindi: कुलटा (kulṭā) — woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition
  • Macedonian: ороспија (orospija) — woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition
  • Macedonian: калаштура (kalaštura) — woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition
  • Macedonian: распуштеница (raspuštenica) — woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition
  • Russian: шлю́ха (šljúxa) — woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition
  • Scottish Gaelic: luid — woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition
  • Spanish: puta — woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition
  • Spanish: golfa — woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition
  • Spanish: ramera — woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition
  • Spanish: zorra — woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition
  • Swedish: slampa — woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition
  • Ottoman Turkish: قالتاق (kaltak) — woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition
  • Ottoman Turkish: مال (mal) — woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition
  • Bulgarian: курва (kurva) — strumpet
  • Czech: běhna — strumpet
  • Czech: coura — strumpet
  • Dutch: slet — strumpet
  • Dutch: hoer — strumpet
  • French: pute — strumpet
  • French: putain — strumpet
  • French: roulure — strumpet
  • French: morue — strumpet
  • German: Hure — strumpet
  • German: Dirne — strumpet
  • Italian: puttana — strumpet
  • Italian: sgualdrina — strumpet
  • Italian: battona — strumpet
  • Italian: baldracca — strumpet
  • Italian: squillo — strumpet
  • Italian: peripatetica — strumpet
  • Macedonian: блудница (bludnica) — strumpet
  • Macedonian: курва (kurva) — strumpet
  • Russian: шлю́ха (šljúxa) — strumpet
  • Scottish Gaelic: luid — strumpet
  • Scottish Gaelic: sgliùrach — strumpet
  • Spanish: puta — strumpet
  • Spanish: golfa — strumpet
  • Spanish: ramera — strumpet
  • Spanish: zorra — strumpet
  • Swedish: slinka — strumpet
  • Ottoman Turkish: قالتاق (kaltak) — strumpet
  • Ottoman Turkish: مال (mal) — strumpet