Trollop

//ˈtɹɒl.əp// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A strumpet; a whore. derogatory

    "Many an unfortunate Tuppenny trollop has gone from the old hag's den to the special ward at Little Bay, but not before the fell disease of the harlotic slums has been spread broadcast among the reckless patrons."

  2. 2
    a woman adulterer wordnet
  3. 3
    a dirty untidy woman wordnet
  4. 4
    A sexually loose woman wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    to act in a sluggish or slovenly manner
  2. 2
    to dangle soggily: become bedraggled Scotland
  3. 3
    to behave like a trollop
  4. 4
    Of a horse: to move with a gait between a trot and a gallop; to canter.

Synonyms

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slatternadulteressadulteressbacksliderbad eggbad lot

Example

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"He left me for that trollop that lives across the street."

Etymology

Origin uncertain; apparently connected with the Middle English trollen (“to go about, stroll, roll from side to side”). Ostensibly influenced, if not derived, in some way by a word from Old Norse trǫll (“troll, witch, mage, monster, etc.”).

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