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whore
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)
- (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
- I come looking for a job
- c. 1606, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 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.
- 2004, Dennis Cooper, The Sluts, page 250
- (vulgar, derogatory) A person who is unscrupulous, especially one who compromises their principles for gain.
- (vulgar, derogatory) A person who will violate behavioral standards to achieve something desired.
- (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)
- (intransitive, vulgar) To prostitute oneself.
- (intransitive, vulgar) To engage the services of a prostitute.
- (transitive, vulgar) To pimp; to pander.
- (transitive, vulgar) To promote shamelessly.
- Did you see him on that chat show, whoring his new book?
- (intransitive, vulgar) To pursue false gods.
- (intransitive, vulgar) To pursue false goals.
- (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
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whorehouse
English
Alternative forms
- whore-house
Etymology
From Middle English horehous, equivalent to whore +? house. Cognate with Dutch hoerenhuis (“whorehouse”), German Hurenhaus (“whorehouse”), Danish horehus (“whorehouse”), Swedish horhus (“whorehouse”), Icelandic hóruhús (“whorehouse; brothel”).
Pronunciation
Noun
whorehouse (plural whorehouses)
- (vulgar) Brothel.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:brothel
Hypernyms
- house
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