slut
English
Etymology
First attested in 1402 as late Middle English slutte (“untidy woman”), of unknown origin; compare with Dutch slodder and slet, dialectal Swedish slata (“idle woman”), Norwegian sludd (“sleet”), and the dialectal Norwegian slutr (“sleet, impure liquid”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈsɫɐt/
- IPA(key): /slʌt/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌt
Noun
slut (plural sluts)
- (vulgar, often derogatory) A sexually promiscuous woman or girl.
- dirty slut
- total slut
- 1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], OCLC 228725984; reprinted in The Pilgrim’s Progress (The Noel Douglas Replicas), London: Noel Douglas, […], 1928, OCLC 5190338:
- 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.
- (vulgar, by extension) A prostitute.
- You could hire a slut for a few hours, if you're that desperate.
- (vulgar, derogatory) Any sexually promiscuous person, often a gay man.
- 2005, Adam & Steve
- Before he met you, he was such a whore. No, I'm sorry! Whores get paid. He was a slut.
- 2005, Adam & Steve
- (vulgar, figuratively, often derogatory) Someone who seeks attention through inappropriate means or to an excessive degree.
- a press slut
- (vulgar, figuratively, often derogatory) 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.
- 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, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
- 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. 1597, William Shakespeare, “The Merry VViues of VVindsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
- 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.
- 1685, John Dryden, Slyvae: or, the Second Part of Poetical Miscellanies, "Lucretius: The Fourth Book. Concerning the Nature of Love,: lines 142-46:
- The doat on Dowdyes, and Deformity:
- E'en what they cannot praise, they will not blame,
- But veil with some extenuating name:
- The Sallow Skin is for the Swarthy put,
- And love can make a Slattern of a Slut …
- 1912, George Bernard Shaw, “Act II”, in Pygmalion, page 48:
- Well, dont[sic] you want to be clean and sweet and decent, like a lady? You know you cant[sic] be a nice girl inside if youre[sic] a dirty slut outside.
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- (obsolete, derogatory) A bold, outspoken woman.
- 1728 C.E.: John Gay, Begger’s Opera
- Our Polly is a sad Slut! nor heeds what we have taught her.
- 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
- 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 loved even farce, enjoyed the heroics of the fat old slut.
- 1728 C.E.: John Gay, Begger’s Opera
- (obsolete) A female dog.
- 1852, Susanna Moodie, Roughing it in the Bush:
- ‘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 was uproarious; the offended Frenchman alone maintained a severe and dignified aspect.
- 1905, Banjo Paterson, Old Bush Songs, page 42:
- 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.
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- (obsolete) A maidservant.
- 1664 C.E.: Samuel Pepys, The Diary of Samuel Pepys
- Our little girl Susan is a most admirable slut, and pleases us mightily, doing more service than both the others and deserves wages better.
- 1664 C.E.: Samuel Pepys, The Diary of Samuel Pepys
- (obsolete) A rag soaked in a flammable substance and lit for illumination.
Synonyms
- (sexually promiscuous woman): See also Thesaurus:promiscuous woman.
- (prostitute): See also Thesaurus:prostitute.
- (untidy person): See also Thesaurus:untidy person.
Derived terms
- painslut
- sluttiness
- sluttery
- sluttish
- sluttishness
- slutty
- slutwalk
- superslut
- cover-slut
- slut's wool
Related terms
- slattern
Translations
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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.
- 2009, Cross, Shauna, Whip It, →ISBN:
- 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.
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- (slang, vulgar, usually with around) To visit places frequented by men, with the intention of engaging in sexual intercourse by means of flirting.
- 1998, Baldacci, David, The Winner:
- Shirley, you slut around here again, and I swear to God I'll break your neck.
- 2001 January, Savage, Dan, “Sluts Like Us”, in Out, volume 9, number 7, page 37:
- 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."
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Synonyms
- (behave in a slutty manner): See Thesaurus:harlotize
- (visit places frequented by men): cruise, troll
See also
- bitch
Anagrams
- LUTs, UTSL, lust, ults
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈslut]
Verb
slut
- masculine singular passive participle of slout
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /slut/, [sl̥ud̥]
Etymology 1
From Swedish slut, from Middle Low German slūt.
Adjective
slut
- over
- finished
Interjection
slut
- (radio communications) over and out, out (ending a conversation)
Noun
slut (uncountable)
- end
References
- “slut,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
Verb
slut
- imperative of slutte
Middle Low German
Etymology
Related to Proto-West Germanic *sleutan (“to bolt, lock”). Compare Middle High German sluz.(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
slūt m or n
- end; conclusion
Descendants
- → Norwegian Bokmål: slutt
- → Swedish: slut
- → Danish: slut
References
- "slūt" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)
- "sluz" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
slut n (definite singular slutet, uncountable)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by sludd
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
slut n (definite singular slutet, uncountable)
- (pre-2012) alternative form of sludd
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ukrainian слутий (slutyj).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /slut/
Adjective
slut m or n (feminine singular slută, masculine plural sluți, feminine and neuter plural slute)
- crippled
- ugly
Declension
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | slut | slută | sluți | slute | ||
definite | slutul | sluta | sluții | slutele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | slut | slute | sluți | slute | ||
definite | slutului | slutei | sluților | slutelor |
Synonyms
- urât
Antonyms
- frumos
Serbo-Croatian
Participle
slut (Cyrillic spelling слут)
- masculine singular passive past participle of sluti
Swedish
Etymology
From Middle Low German slūt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /slʉːt/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -ʉːt
Adjective
slut (only as predicative, not comparable)
- over, finished; which has come to an end
- Deras förhållande är slut.
- Their relationship is over.
- Deras förhållande är slut.
- gone, no more; of which the last has been taken
- Kakorna är slut.
- There are no more cookies.
- Kakorna är slut.
- exhausted; very tired
Derived terms
- ta slut
- sluta
Noun
slut n
- end
- Jag tyckte om slutet av boken.
- I liked the end of the book.
- Jag tyckte om slutet av boken.
Declension
Declension of slut | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | slut | slutet | slut | sluten |
Genitive | sluts | slutets | sluts | slutens |
Derived terms
- avslut
- beslut
- slutligen
- slutstation
- till slut
Descendants
- → Danish: slut
Verb
slut
- imperative of sluta.
References
- slut in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams
- lust, luts
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English slutte (“sloven, slut”), of unknown origin.
Noun
slut
- sloven
- Synonym: slouveen
References
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 68