What does "cunt" mean?
The female genitalia, especially the vulva.
Cunt
/kʌnt/ adj, name, noun, verb
adj, name, noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: The female genitalia, especially the vulva.
- Grammar: cunt is listed as adj, name, noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: archaic form, bitch, curse word, epithet.
- Useful contrasts: compliment, polite remark, politeness.
- Usage evidence: She's always been bested and so she acts like a fucking cunt.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The female genitalia, especially the vulva. countable, literally, vulgar
"An' doesn't ter know? Cunt! It's thee down theer; an' what I get when I'm i'side thee, and what tha gets when I'm i'side thee; it's a' as it is, all on't."
- 2 Abbreviation of copper nanotube. abbreviation, alt-of
"As a comparison with earlier findings and the hybrid structures studied below, we first investigate the relaxation structures and the magnetic ground states of freestanding Fe [iron] and Co [cobalt] MACs [monatomic chains] as well as the structure parameters of pristine CuNT."
- 3 obscene terms for female genitals wordnet
- 4 An extremely unpleasant or objectionable person (in US, especially a woman; in Commonwealth more usually a man). countable, offensive, vulgar
"Near-synonyms: bitch; see also Thesaurus:jerk"
- 5 a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked wordnet
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- 6 An objectionable object or item. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, vulgar
"Fix the car? I’ll sort the cunt out at the weekend."
- 7 An unpleasant or difficult experience or incident. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, vulgar
"The lines were up past the frozen food now; people had to cut through to get what they wanted and there was much excuse-me-ing and pardon-me-ing. “This is going to be a cunt,” Norton said morosely, and I frowned a little."
- 8 A woman or any receptive sexual partner, as a source of potential or actual sexual gratification. countable, uncountable, vulgar
"I'm going to hit the clubs and see if I can get me some cunt."
- 9 A person (mostly between male friends); compare bastard. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, positive, vulgar
"Yes, I do remember Dave; he was one funny cunt."
- 10 The anus of a trans woman. countable, uncountable, vulgar
- 11 The inguinal canals of a trans woman. countable, plural-normally, uncountable, vulgar
Verb
- 1 To use the word "cunt". vulgar
"[...] and boy I can hear every word from behind my tree because that plot of hers is close to the road and she's fucking it and she's cunting it and you never heard a woman talking like that, not sober anyway[...]"
- 2 To attack someone. vulgar
"Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry was indeed described as "fascist", notably by Pauline Kael, although there is no real evidence that Scorsese's Taxi Driver was "cunted" on first release – on the contrary, despite continuing misgivings about violence, that film was surely widely praised from the very first, getting the Palme d'Or at Cannes."
- 3 To ruin something; to fuck up. vulgar
"... 'We were going to. Duke gave you the ticket, it was all set. And then you cunted the whole plan, didn't you? You killed the bastard.'"
- 4 To betray someone. vulgar
"JOE : You cunted me. ROBERT : Language . Not in here . JOE : You lied ."
- 5 To take something into one's vulva or vagina. vulgar
"How she cunts his finger as if it were a close friend"
Adjective
- 1 Amazing or very good. not-comparable, vulgar
"As noted above, "cunt" or "cunty" has evolved in Ballroom parlance to mean exactly what Banks defines it as: feminine and strong."
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname. uncommon
Synonyms
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Example
"She's always been bested and so she acts like a fucking cunt."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "cunt"?
Common synonyms include: archaic form, bitch, curse word, epithet, etymon, expletive.
How do you use "cunt" in a sentence?
She's always been bested and so she acts like a fucking cunt.
How do you pronounce "cunt"?
Pronounced /kʌnt/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English cunte, queynt, queynte, from Old English *cunte, from Proto-West Germanic *kuntā, from Proto-Germanic *kuntǭ. Cognate with West Frisian kunte, Middle Dutch conte (Dutch kont (“butt”)), dialectal Swedish kunta, dialectal Danish kunte, and Icelandic kunta. A relationship to Latin cunnus has not been conclusively shown. Lexicographer Partridge suggests cuneus (“a wedge”).
Etymology 2
* (copper nanotube): Cu (“copper”) + NT (“nanotube”)