Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A prostitute.
- n. A person considered sexually promiscuous.
- n. A person considered as having compromised principles for personal gain.
- intransitive v. To associate or have sexual relations with prostitutes or a prostitute.
- intransitive v. To accept payment in exchange for sexual relations.
- intransitive v. To compromise one's principles for personal gain.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. A prostitute.
- n. A person who is considered to be sexually promiscuous (see also: slut).
- n. A person who is unscrupulous, especially one who compromises their principles for gain.
- n. A person who will violate behavioral standards to achieve something desired.
- n. A contemptible person.
- v. To prostitute oneself.
- v. To engage the services of a prostitute.
- v. To pimp; to pander.
- v. To pursue false gods.
- v. To pursue false goals.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. A woman who practices unlawful sexual commerce with men, especially one who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a harlot.
- intransitive v. To have unlawful sexual intercourse; to practice lewdness.
- intransitive v. To worship false and impure gods.
- transitive v. To corrupt by lewd intercourse; to make a whore of; to debauch.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To prostitute one's body for hire; in general, to practise lewdness.
- To corrupt by lewd intercourse.
- n. A woman who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a harlot; a courtezan; a strumpet; hence, in abuse, any unchaste woman; an adulteress or fornicatress.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- v. compromise oneself for money or other gains
- v. work as a prostitute
- v. have unlawful sex with a whore
- n. a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The term whore porne in this context is a term of slander for one guilty of sexual immorality or unfaithfulness.
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Gucci heels, silk Chanel plaid mules with interlocking "CC"s in rhinestones, and good god, the Hermès scarf collection--it was a label whore's paradise.
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Cause he never fucked that mannequin whore from the video store.
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But there was a reason the word whore in Lambaneish had its double meaning of whore-celebrant.
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She is karisma, as they say in Japanese, because she has impeccable style—well put together without being a label whore; she is self-deprecating while always appearing flawless and she is worldly.
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“Do not use the word whore in this house,” she said.
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But, a whore is a whore, no matter how you slice it, and no matter what their going rate.
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No, but calling a whore a whore is perfectly acceptable.
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Calling Palin a whore is a factual analogy and will persist.
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Calling him the son of a whore is an insult to honest, hardworking prostitutes.
erinoftheyear commented on the word whore
What's so bad about a whore? Someone's got to pay the bills.
August 15, 2007
brtom commented on the word whore
Ah, bless your heart, for a sweet, pleasant—damn’d mischievous son of a whore.
Goldsmith, She Stoops, I
January 8, 2007