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homewreck

homewreck verb: to cheat while one is already married, thus causing the dissolution of the marriage.

Verb

homewreck (third-person singular simple present homewrecks, present participle homewrecking, simple past and past participle homewrecked)

  1. (derogatory, slang, transitive) To cheat while one is already married, thus causing the dissolution of the marriage.
    • you can't homewreck people who are just dating you are single till you're married2024 July 13, @sassychopsuey, “Archived copy”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2024
    • Is it aura to homewreck a relationship2024 July 19, @haterperson6714, “Archived copy”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2024

Forms of homewreck

third-person singular presenthomewrecks
present participlehomewrecking
past participlehomewrecked
pasthomewrecked

Origin of homewreck

Back-formation from homewrecker, equivalent to home + wreck.

Questions about homewreck

What does homewreck mean?
Homewreck means to cheat while one is already married, thus causing the dissolution of the marriage.
What part of speech is homewreck?
Homewreck is a verb.
What is the past tense of homewreck?
The past tense of homewreck is homewrecked.

Words near homewreck in the dictionary

  1. homeworlders
  2. homeworlds
  3. homewort
  4. homewrap
  5. homewraps
  6. homewreck
  7. homewrecked
  8. homewrecker
  9. homewreckers
  10. homewrecking
  11. homewrecks

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