trollop

Syllables: trol·lopUK/ˈtɹɒl.əp/

trollop noun: a strumpet; a whore.

Noun

trollop (plural trollops)

(derogatory) A strumpet; a whore.
- Many an unfortunate Tuppenny trollop has gone from the old hag's den to the special ward at Little Bay, but not before the fell disease of the harlotic slums has been spread broadcast among the reckless patrons.1903 February 8, The Truth, Sydney, page 3, column 4
- However, terrible as it may seem to the tall maiden sisters of J.P.'s in Queen Anne houses with walled vegetable gardens, this courtesan, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie, street-walker, this trollop, this trull, this baggage, this hussy, this drab, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, demirep...1936, Anthony Bertram, Like the Phoenix

Verb

trollop (third-person singular simple present trollops, present participle trolloping, simple past and past participle trolloped)

to act in a sluggish or slovenly manner
(Scotland) to dangle soggily: become bedraggled
to behave like a trollop

Synonyms:

harlotize
Of a horse: to move with a gait between a trot and a gallop; to canter.

trollop meaning in Hindi and Urdu

trollop in Hindi

woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition: कुलटा kulṭā

Examples of trollop in a sentence

Aarfy's buxom trollop had vanished with her smutty cameo ring, and Nurse Duckett was ashamed of him because he had refused to fly more combat missions and would cause a scandal.1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Eternal City”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 433:
In fact, she's something of a trollop: she jokes with everybody and laughs and makes fun of everything.Part 1 published in 1605, Part 2 in 1615, translated in 2003, Miguel de Cervantes and translated by Edith Grossman, Don Quixote, page 200:

Synonyms of trollop

harlotize

Forms of trollop

Noun
plural	trollops
Verb
third-person singular present	trollops
present participle	trolloping
past participle	trolloped
past	trolloped

Origin of trollop

Origin uncertain; apparently connected with the Middle English trollen (“to go about, stroll, roll from side to side”). Ostensibly influenced, if not derived, in some way by a word from Old Norse trǫll (“troll, witch, mage, monster, etc.”).

Words formed from trollop

Words that rhyme with trollop

Questions about trollop

What does trollop mean?: Trollop means a strumpet; a whore.
What is trollop in Hindi?: Trollop in Hindi is कुलटा (kulṭā). See Trollop meaning in Hindi.
How do you use trollop in a sentence?: Aarfy's buxom trollop had vanished with her smutty cameo ring, and Nurse Duckett was ashamed of him because he had refused to fly more combat missions and would cause a scandal.
What part of speech is trollop?: Trollop can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce trollop?: Trollop is pronounced /ˈtɹɒl.əp/ (UK).
What is the plural of trollop?: The plural of trollop is trollops.

Words near trollop in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: trollop (page history and authors); trollop (Urdu 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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