Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A woman regarded as slovenly or untidy; a slattern.
- n. A strumpet.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To draggle; hang in a wet state.
- To walk or work in a slovenly manner.
- n. A loose, hanging rag.
- n. A woman who is slovenly in dress, appearance, or habits; a slattern; a draggletail; also, a woman morally loose.
Wiktionary
- n. A woman held by others as retaining a vulgar and discourteous disposition.
- n. A strumpet.
- v. to act in a sluggish or slovenly manner
- v. to dangle soggily : become bedraggled
- v. to behave like a trollop
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A stroller; a loiterer; esp., an idle, untidy woman; a slattern; a slut; a whore.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a woman adulterer
- n. a dirty untidy woman
Etymologies
- Perhaps from troll1, to roll about, wallow.
Examples
“I am sure the reporters would go on record; besides, who makes up the word trollop?”
Gallup: Obama Leads Hillary By Ten Points, Narrowly Edging McCain
“He also called his own wife a c*nt, directly and used the word trollop in reference.”
Obama On Lipstick Controversy: Attacks Media, Says "Enough Is Enough"
“What a scene: the great and prudish orator bent over the hand of the most titled trollop in Rome!”
“He made that Merchant of Venice weighing motion with his hands, as though to suggest that in the scale of things, a lapse was a lapse and a trollop was a trollop.”
“He's imploding and that "trollop" video is going more viral than anything since the Macaca video.”
Another Poll Finds Obama Leading In Historically-Red Virginia
“The story is funny and the word "trollop" is awesome, but it's obviously a ploy to sell a book.”
Gallup: Obama Leads Hillary By Ten Points, Narrowly Edging McCain
“Maybe that "trollop" Cindy stole them from him ...”
McCain Concedes That Political Use Of Petraeus Picture Was A Goof
“Will he call her a 'trollop' and the "C" word like he did his wife?”
“Before we get into it, I'd like to thank you for injecting the word "trollop" into the 2008 debate.”
Bob Cesca: Is John McCain A Muslim? A Conversation With The Real McCain Author Cliff Schecter
“Throw in another word, "trollop" and try it again. 365,000 hits.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘trollop’.
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old timey talk
Words or Sayings from the 1920's or whatever that no one really uses anymore (at least in that context).
scram, bearcat, heavens to betsy, dick, double-cross, ducky, gams, goofy, hooch, jalopy, john, joe and 174 more...
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::: I like :::
soliloquy, eros, agape, solipsism, palimpsest, fabulist, lore, raconteur, harbinger, anamnesis, sattvic, comprecation and 20 more...
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The Bucolic Abattoir
Words which, when spoken, suggest something other than their real meaning.
bucolic, fungible, brouhaha, narthex, restive, inflammable, invaluable, raze, pulchritude, noisome, fatuous, terrific and 20 more...
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Librarygeek's list
chag, shlefergo, lapin, trollop, supercilious, higgledy piggledy, onamatapoeia, sloe
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Jayni's Favorites
Too early to tell
schnook, pish, tetchy, megillah, nebbish, plotz, slattern, trollop
Prolagus Oh, mignotta is an insult to a woman, meaning bitch but as an attitude, not as a real job (and more fun to say). Jun 14, 2008
Prolagus I hope this word can be considered a good translation for mignotta, since I'm using it here. Jun 13, 2008
bilby He deserves a wallop. Jun 12, 2008
john Wow seanahan, that's harsh. And I can't believe I've never heard it before (though I have heard how horribly McCain treated his first wife, the one he dumped for Cindy). Jun 12, 2008
seanahan http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jodi-lampert/deconstructing-john-revis_b_102571.html
"Now, here it is -- here is what John McCain said to Cindy McCain in 1992, during a prior campaign, in front of strangers and campaign workers and three members of the press:
'At least I don't plaster on the make-up like a trollop, you cunt.'" Jun 12, 2008
reesetee Dollop. That's a Mom word. :-)
Hey! No one made any Mom lists! Well, that's just wrong. Oct 13, 2007
skipvia Or a spoonful of sour cream. Oct 13, 2007
chained_bear This word always makes me think of shellfish (maybe because it looks like "scallop") but it sure is fun to say! Trollop. Trollop! Oct 13, 2007
sionnach Her amorous cousin, the trollop
Ladles out love by the dollop
In legend of old
She's a heart of pure gold
Snopes.com says that that's just codswallop! Oct 13, 2007