Whore

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Whore \Whore\, v. t.
     To corrupt by lewd intercourse; to make a whore of; to
     debauch. [R.] --Congreve.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Whore \Whore\ (h[=o]r), n. [OE. hore, AS. h[=o]re; akin to D.
     hoer, hoere, G. hure, OHG. huora, huorra, Icel. h[=o]ra, Dan.
     hore, Sw. hora, Goth. h[=o]rs an adulterer, AS. h[=o]r
     adultery, OHG. huor, and probably to L. carus dear. Cf.
     {Charity}.]
     A woman who practices unlawful sexual commerce with men,
     especially one who prostitutes her body for hire; a
     prostitute; a harlot. --Wyclif.
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     Syn: Harlot; courtesan; prostitute; strumpet.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Whore \Whore\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whored}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Whoring}.] [Cf. Icel. h?ra. See {Whore}, n.]
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     1. To have unlawful sexual intercourse; to practice lewdness.
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     2. (Script.) To worship false and impure gods.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  whore
       n : a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money [syn: {prostitute},
            {cocotte}, {harlot}, {bawd}, {tart}, {cyprian}, {fancy
           woman}, {working girl}, {sporting lady}, {lady of
           pleasure}, {woman of the street}]
       v 1: corrupt by lewd intercourse
       2: have unlawful sex with a whore

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  98 Moby Thesaurus words for "whore":
     B-girl, Cyprian, Jezebel, Paphian, backslider, bad egg, bad lot,
     bad woman, baggage, bawd, be promiscuous, bitch, black sheep,
     broad, call girl, chase women, chippy, clitoromaniac, cocotte,
     commit adultery, coquette, courtesan, daughter of joy, debauch,
     degenerate, demimondaine, demimonde, demirep, dissipate, drab,
     easy lay, easy woman, erring sister, fallen angel, fallen woman,
     fancy woman, fille de joie, flirt, floozy, fornicate, frail sister,
     gold digger, grisette, grovel, harlot, harridan, hetaera, hooker,
     hussy, hustler, hysteromaniac, jade, kept woman, lecher,
     loose woman, lost sheep, lost soul, meretrix, miscreant, moll,
     nightwalker, nymphet, nympho, nymphomaniac, painted woman, paphian,
     pervert, philander, pickup, pimp, poule, profligate, prostitute,
     quean, rake, recidivist, recreant, reprobate, scapegrace,
     scarlet woman, sleep around, slut, sorry lot, stew, streetwalker,
     strumpet, swing, tart, trollop, trull, unfortunate woman,
     uteromaniac, vamp, wallow, wanton, wench, white slave, womanize