slut

Etymology

First attested in 1402, with the meaning "untidy woman"; cognate with the Dutch slodder, dialectal Swedish slata (“idle woman”). From the Late Middle English slutte, from slouthe (“sloth”). Compare English sloth, Norwegian sludd (“sleet”), and the dialectal Norwegian slutr (“sleet, impure liquid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slʌt/
• Rhymes: -ʌt

Noun

slut (plural sluts)

Women dressed as sluts (in the sense of sexually promiscuous women) for SlutWalk in New York City.

1. (countable, often derogatory) A sexually promiscuous woman or girl.

   She's a slut, but I love her.

   1. (countable) By extension, a prostitute.

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

2. (countable, derogatory) Anyone 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. (countable, archaic, derogatory) 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.

   • 1913, George Bernard Shaw, “Act II”, in Pygmalion:

     MRS PEARCE Well, dont you want to be clean and sweet and decent, like a lady? You know you cant be a nice girl inside if you're a dirty slut outside.

4. (countable, obsolete, derogatory) A bold, outspoken woman.
   • 1728 CE: John Gay, Begger’s Opera

     Our Polly is a sad Slut! nor heeds what we have taught her.

   • 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard

     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.

5. (countable, obsolete) 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.

6. (countable, obsolete) A maidservant.
   • 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.

7. (countable, obsolete) A rag soaked in a flammable substance and lit for illumination.

Verb

slut (third-person singular simple present sluts, present participle slutting, simple past and past participle slutted)

1. To wear slutty clothing or makeup, or otherwise behave in a slutty manner.
2. (slang, usually with around) To visit places frequented by men, with the intention of engaging in sexual intercourse by means of flirting.
   • 1998, David Baldacci, The Winner:

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

See also

• bitch

Anagrams

• UTSL, lust, ults

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slut/, [sl̥ud̥]

Adjective

slut

1. over
2. finished

Interjection

slut

1. (radio communications) over and out, out (ending a conversation)

Noun

slut (uncountable)

1. end

Verb

slut

1. imperative of slutte

Etymology

Ukrainian слутий (slutyj)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slut/

Adjective

slut m, n (feminine singular slută, masculine plural sluți, feminine and neuter plural slute)

1. crippled
2. ugly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slʉːt/

• audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʉːt

Adjective

slut (only as predicative, not comparable)

1. over, finished; which has come to an end

   Deras förhållande är slut.

   Their relationship is over.

2. gone, no more, 'the last is taken'

   Kakorna är slut.

   There are no more cookies.

3. exhausted; very tired

Noun

slut n

1. end

   Jag tyckte om slutet av boken.

   I liked the end of the book.

Verb

slut

1. imperative of sluta.