hussy

[huhs-ee, huhz-ee]

noun

plural

hussies 

1. a brazen or immoral woman.

   Synonyms: slut, trollop

2. a mischievous, impudent, or ill-behaved girl.

   Synonyms: minx, baggage

hussy

/ -zɪ, ˈhʌsɪ /

noun

1. a shameless or promiscuous woman

2. dialect,  a folder for needles, thread, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of hussy¹

1520–30; earlier hussive housewife

Word History and Origins

Origin of hussy¹

C16 (in the sense: housewife): from hussif _housewife

Example Sentences

In the media, she was painted as a "brazen hussy", "one of those saucy females who like to keep a male on a string".

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“Hey, miss Honey Bey. It’s Dolly P. You know that hussy with the good hair you sang about?” she says on the track.

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In the interlude "Dolly P," Parton references "Jolene" with, "You know that hussy with the good hair you sing about?/ Reminded me of someone I knew back when."

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Can you tell me how you define the word “hussy”?

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“Poor little sparrow, my eye! Listen, Miss, if I let that young hussy off her lead for five minutes, we’d all be murdered in our beds.”

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