different between whore vs cook

English

Alternative forms

• whoore (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English hore, from Old English h?re, from Proto-Germanic *h?r?, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh?ros (“loved”), from *keh?- (“to wish; desire”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hô, IPA^(key): /h??/
• (General American) enPR: hôr, IPA^(key): /h??/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: h?r, IPA^(key): /ho(?)?/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ho?/
• (nonstandard but traditional, several locations) enPR: ho?or, IPA^(key): /h??/, /h??/
• Rhymes: -??(?), -??(?)
• Homophone: hoar
• Homophone: hoe (non-rhotic with dough-door merger (AAVE, non-rhotic Southern accents))
• Hyphenation: whore

Noun

whore (plural whores)

1. (derogatory) Synonym of prostitute: a person (especially a woman) who offers sexual services for payment.
   • c. 1606, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 2

     The merciless Macdonald – worthy to be a rebel, for that the multiplying villainies of nature do swarm upon him – from the Western Isles of kerns and gallowglasses is supplied, and fortune on his damned quarrel smiling showed like a rebel's whore.

   • 1969, Paul Simon, Simon & Garfunkel, “The Boxer”, Bridge over Troubled Water, Columbia Records:

     I come looking for a job
     But I get no offers
     Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue

2. (vulgar, derogatory) A person who is sexually promiscuous; a slut.
   • 2004, Dennis Cooper, The Sluts, page 250

     So after he fucks the shit out of me, he tells me I'm lying about his whore not being Brad.

3. (vulgar, derogatory) A person who is unscrupulous, especially one who compromises their principles for gain.
4. (vulgar, derogatory) A person who will violate behavioral standards to achieve something desired.
5. (vulgar, derogatory) A contemptible person.

Synonyms

• (prostitute): See also Thesaurus:prostitute
• (promiscuous woman): See also Thesaurus:promiscuous woman

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

whore (third-person singular simple present whores, present participle whoring, simple past and past participle whored)

1. (intransitive, vulgar) To prostitute oneself.
2. (intransitive, vulgar) To engage the services of a prostitute.
3. (transitive, vulgar) To pimp; to pander.
4. (transitive, vulgar) To promote shamelessly.

   Did you see him on that chat show, whoring his new book?

5. (intransitive, vulgar) To pursue false gods.
6. (intransitive, vulgar) To pursue false goals.
7. (transitive, slang, video games, vulgar, derogatory) To overuse something.

Synonyms

• (to prostitute oneself): sell one's body, turn tricks; see also Thesaurus:prostitute oneself
• (to pimp): pander, turn out; see also Thesaurus:pimp out
• (to promote shamelessly): tout, pimp

Derived terms

• whore around
• whore out

Translations

Anagrams

• Hower, how're, hower

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?k/
• (UK dialectal, obsolete elsewhere) IPA^(key): /ku?k/

• Rhymes: -?k

Etymology 1

From Middle English cook, from Old English c?c (“a cook”), from Latin cocus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pek?- (“to cook, become ripe”).

Cognate with Low German kokk, Dutch kok, German Koch, Danish kok, Norwegian kokk, Swedish kock, Icelandic kokkur (“cook”). Also compare Proto-West Germanic *kok?n (“to cook”).

Noun

cook (plural cooks)

1. (cooking) A person who prepares food.

   Hyponyms: chef, cordon bleu

2. (cooking) The head cook of a manor house
3. (cooking) The degree or quality of cookedness of food
4. (slang) One who manufactures certain illegal drugs, especially meth.
5. (slang) A session of manufacturing certain illegal drugs, especially meth.
6. A fish, the European striped wrasse, Labrus mixtus.

Coordinate terms

(food preparation):

• chef, culinary artist (skilful or lead cook), magirist, magirologist (skilful cook, obs.); sous-chef, prep cook (assistant cook); line cook (team cook); cookess, cookeress (female, uncommon)

(head cook of a manor house):

• scullery maid, kitchen maid

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Norman: couque
• ? Thai: ???? (gúk)

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English coken, from the noun cook.

Verb

cook (third-person singular simple present cooks, present participle cooking, simple past and past participle cooked)

1. (transitive or intransitive) To prepare food for eating by heating it, often combining with other ingredients.

   I'm cooking bangers and mash.

   He's in the kitchen, cooking.
2. (intransitive) To be cooked.

   The dinner is cooking on the stove.

3. (intransitive, figuratively) To be uncomfortably hot.

   Look at that poor dog shut up in that car on a day like today - it must be cooking in there.

4. (slang) To execute by electric chair.
5. (transitive, slang) To hold on to a grenade briefly after igniting the fuse, so that it explodes almost immediately after being thrown.

   I always cook my frags, in case they try to grab one and throw it back.

6. To concoct or prepare.
7. To tamper with or alter; to cook up.
8. (intransitive, jazz, slang) To play or improvise in an inspired and rhythmically exciting way. (From 1930s jive talk.)

   Watch this band: they cook!

   Crank up the Coltrane and start cooking!

   • 1957, Miles Davis quoted by Ira Gitler, liner notes to Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet, Prestige LP 7094:

     This album is called Cookin’ at Miles’ request. He said, “After all, that’s what we did – came in and cooked.”

9. (intransitive, music, slang) To play music vigorously.

   On the Wagner piece, the orchestra was cooking!

   • 2012, Los Angeles Times, "Review: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra won't stand still":

     The tempos were swift. The orchestra cooked, reading [conductor] Kahane's mind and swinging with him as one.

Synonyms

• (to be uncomfortably hot): bake, stew
• (hold on to a grenade): cook off

Hypernyms

• (to prepare or plan something): concoct, contrive, devise, make up, plan, prepare

Hyponyms

• Troponyms: bake, barbecue, boil, braise, fry, grill, microwave, poach, roast, scramble, steam, stew
• See also Thesaurus:cook

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• mageiricophobia

Etymology 3

Imitative.

Verb

cook (third-person singular simple present cooks, present participle cooking, simple past and past participle cooked)

1. (obsolete, rare, intransitive) To make the noise of the cuckoo.

Etymology 4

Unknown; possibly related to chuck.

Verb

cook (third-person singular simple present cooks, present participle cooking, simple past and past participle cooked)

1. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) To throw.

References

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cok, coke, koke, cuyke, cuke, cooke

Etymology

From Old English c?c, from Vulgar Latin cocus, from Latin coquus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko?k/

Noun

cook (plural cookes)

1. cook, chef, restauranteur
2. (figuratively) nourisher, nourishment

Descendants

• Scots: cuke, cuik
• English: cook
  • ? Norman: couque
  • ? Thai: ???? (gúk)

References

• “c??k, n.(6).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.