slut

American  

[sluht] / slʌt /

noun

1. Disparaging and Offensive. a person, especially a woman, who is sexually promiscuous.

2. Informal. a person with a seemingly insatiable but often undiscerning desire to do or have something specified: a book slut, reading five books at once.

   guilty of being a shoe slut;

   a book slut, reading five books at once.

3. Archaic.

   1. a prostitute; harlot.

   2. an immoral or dissolute woman.

   3. a dirty, slovenly woman.

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slut British  

/ slʌt /

noun

1. derogatory a dirty slatternly woman

2. derogatory an immoral woman

3. archaic a female dog

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Other Word Forms

• sluttish adjective
• sluttishly adverb
• sluttishness noun

Etymology

Origin of slut

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English slutte; compare dialectal slut “mud,” Norwegian (dialectal) slutr “sleet, impure liquid”

Example Sentences

In 2009, Anthony Bourdain coined the term "egg slut" as a descriptor for a chef who simply adds an egg to everything to make it better.

From Salon • Sep. 4, 2022

Among them was salon owner Anita Donoghue whose Facebook post about binning "pages of fat shaming, slut shaming, celebs without make-up" was shared thousands of times.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2020

They are fighting for the right to work, for bodily autonomy, against slut shaming, and for their rights to be respected, and this is a very old struggle indeed.

From The Guardian • Sep. 20, 2019

But Parker's views and approach has made him the villain of the season, with many viewers accusing him of "toxic masculinity," "gaslighting" and "slut shaming" Brown.

From Fox News • Jun. 25, 2019

My traumatic experiences with bad skin happened before terms like "fat shaming" and "slut shaming" were invented, but even today, no one seems to mention that skin shaming also exists.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

Related Words

• tramp
• whore