whore

¹whore

noun \ˈhȯr, ˈhu̇r\

Definition of WHORE

1

: a woman who engages in sexual acts for money : prostitute; also : a promiscuous or immoral woman

2

: a male who engages in sexual acts for money

3

: a venal or unscrupulous person

Examples of WHORE

1. <a historic district of the seaport that was once notorious for the whores who gathered there>
2. <a society in which men commonly regard women as either Madonnas or whores>
3. For writers, to blurb or not to blurb can be a tricky matter. … Blurb too often, or include too many blurbs on your book, and you might get called a blurb whore. —Rachel Donadio, New York Times Book Review, 17 Aug. 2008
4. It was only his vain desire to gain the money he needed to purchase the freedom of his beloved Sarah, a whore in a Sturgeon Street brothel, that had led him to offer his sword in the murderous service of Buljan … —Michael Chabon, “Gentlemen of the Road,” in New York Times Magazine, 18 Feb. 2007
5. I know one guy who became a television writer simply because it afforded him the opportunity to write on a cop show and name all the strippers, crack whores, and nude female corpses after his mother. —Rob Long, National Review, 19 Feb. 2001

Origin of WHORE

Middle English hore, from Old English hōre; akin to Old Norse hōra whore, hōrr adulterer, Latin carus dear — more at charity

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to WHORE

Synonyms: bawd, call girl, cocotte, courtesan, drab, harlot, hooker, hustler, sex worker, streetwalker, strumpet, tart, prostitute

Related Words: madam, madame; white slave; bimbo [slang], chippie (also chippy), doxy (also doxie), floozy (or floozie), tramp; bitch, hussy, jade, minx; coquette, flirt, libertine, siren, tempter, temptress, vamp, wench

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Rhymes with WHORE

boar, Boer, bore, chore, cor, core, corps, crore, door, floor, for, fore, four, frore, gore, Gore, hoar, lore, mor, more, nor, o'er, oar, or, ore, poor, pore, pour, roar, score, shore, snore, soar, sore, splore, spoor, spore, store, Thor, tor, torr, war, yore, your