slut

/slʌt/

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Northern England/slʊt/

slut noun: a sexually promiscuous woman.

Noun

slut (plural sluts)

(derogatory, often, vulgar) A sexually promiscuous woman.
- dirty slut
- total slut
1. (broadly, derogatory, often, vulgar) A prostitute.
  - You could hire a slut for a few hours, if you're that desperate.
(derogatory, often, vulgar) Any sexually promiscuous person.
- Before he met you, he was such a whore. No, I'm sorry! Whores get paid. He was a slut.2005, Adam & Steve
(derogatory, figuratively, often, vulgar) Someone who seeks attention through inappropriate means or to an excessive degree.
- a press slut
- Dude: Since when did you become a political whore?
  Phil: I prefer the term political slut, thank you very much!2004 February 12, Bayard Russell, nonemorecomic
(derogatory, figuratively, often, vulgar) A disloyal individual; someone who does not commit to a particular thing.
- That guy was a job slut; he changed jobs way too often and quickly, to the point that employers will no longer hire him.
(archaic, derogatory) A slovenly, untidy person, usually a woman.
- 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.c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- 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.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
(derogatory, obsolete) A bold, outspoken woman.
- Our Polly is a sad Slut! nor heeds what we have taught her.1728, [John] Gay, The Beggar’s Opera. […], London: […] John Watts, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page)
- 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...1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “In Which Mr. Dangerfield Visits the Church of Chapelizod, and Zekiel Irons Goes A-fishing”, in The House by the Church-yard. […], volume I, London: Tinsley...
(obsolete) A female dog.
- ‘Bête!’ 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...1852, Susanna Moodie, Roughing it in the Bush
- He sent me to an old bark hut, / Inhabited by a greyhound slut, / Who put her fangs through my poor fut, / And, snarling, off she ran.1905, Banjo Paterson, Old Bush Songs, page 42
(obsolete) A maidservant.
- Our little girl Susan is a most admirable slut, and pleases us mightily, doing more service than both the others and deserves wages better.1661–1669 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “(please specify the entry date)”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume...
(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)

(vulgar) To wear slutty clothing or makeup, or otherwise behave in a slutty manner.
- In an effort to avoid any spontaneous slutting out, I give myself a stern look in the mirror. "You can make out with him, but that's it," I tell my boy-crazed reflection.2009, Shauna Cross, Whip It, →ISBN
Synonyms:

harlotize
(slang, usually, vulgar) To visit places frequented by men, with the intention of engaging in sexual intercourse by means of flirting.
- Shirley, you slut around here again, and I swear to God I'll break your neck.1998, David Baldacci, The Winner
- The radicals are reluctant to admit that slutting around is a phase that most gay men go through, but not a permanent — what's that phrase? Oh, yes — "lifestyle choice."2001 January, Dan Savage, “Sluts Like Us”, in Out, volume 9, number 7, page 37
Synonyms:

cruise, troll

slut meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu

slut in Hindi

sexually promiscuous woman: कुलटा kulṭā, रंडी raṇḍī, कसबी kasbī, पतुरिया paturiyā

slut in Urdu

sexually promiscuous woman: رنڈی raṇḍī

slut in Telugu

స్లట్

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slut in Malayalam: പിഴ piḻa
slut in Kannada: ನೀತಿಗೆಟ್ಟ ಹೆಂಗಸು, ಅಸಭ್ಯ ಸ್ತ್ರೀ, ಕೊಳಕು ಹೆಂಗಸು
slut in Sanskrit: रण्डा raṇḍā
slut in Tagalog: kiyo
slut in Arabic: عَاهِرَة ʕāhira
slut in Indonesian: lonte, perek, bispak
slut in Persian: جنده jende, فاحشه fâheše, شلخته šelaxte
slut in Thai: หญิงโสมม yǐng sǒo-mom
slut in Vietnamese: đĩ, điếm

Examples of slut in a sentence

In other words, we know who you are—the bastard child of that slut and her foolish carpenter.2021 [2001], John Eldredge, chapter 10, in Wild at Heart, Expanded edition, Nelson Books, →ISBN, page 170:
Some cry out against sin even as the mother cries out against her child in her lap, when she calleth it slut and naughty girl, and then falls to hugging and kissing it.1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC:
‘Like a slut and all the dogs mounting her.’1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 17:

Synonyms of slut

Forms of slut

Noun
plural	sluts
alternative form	s**t
alternative form	sl*t
Verb
third-person singular present	sluts
present participle	slutting
past participle	slutted
past	slutted

Origin of slut

From Middle English slutt, slutte, slute (“a dirty or slovenly person, usually a woman, scullery maid; messy animal to prepare as food; slush, mud”), probably from Old English *slȳte (“sleet”), from Proto-West Germanic *slautijā, from Proto-Germanic *slautijǭ (“sleet, hail”), related to Proto-West Germanic *slaut (“puddle, ditch”). Compare Dutch slodder and slet, dialectal Swedish slata (“idle woman”), Norwegian sludd (“sleet”), and the dialectal Norwegian slutr (“sleet, impure liquid”). Doublet of sleet.

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Questions about slut

What does slut mean?: Slut means a sexually promiscuous woman.
What is slut in Hindi?: Slut in Hindi is कुलटा (kulṭā), रंडी (raṇḍī), कसबी (kasbī). See Slut meaning in Hindi.
How do you use slut in a sentence?: In other words, we know who you are—the bastard child of that slut and her foolish carpenter.
What part of speech is slut?: Slut can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce slut?: Slut is pronounced /slʌt/.
What is the plural of slut?: The plural of slut is sluts.

Words near slut in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: slut (page history and authors); slut (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); slut (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); slut (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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