as in trollop
a boldly flirtatious or sexually promiscuous woman
"Grandma, you hussy!" joked the girl when her grandmother admitted kissing on her first date
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Recent Examples of hussy
Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday and Pat Garrett hang out with a hussy.
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Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2021
Either way, the woman comes out the other end a victim and a champion, but as a tramp and a hussy too.
—Benjy Hansen-Bundy, Glamour, 30 May 2018
Contrast Okpokwasili’s smugness to the dance scene in Girls Trip when the quartet competes with a group of hussies.
—Armond White, National Review, 14 July 2017
Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2021
Either way, the woman comes out the other end a victim and a champion, but as a tramp and a hussy too.
—Benjy Hansen-Bundy, Glamour, 30 May 2018
Contrast Okpokwasili’s smugness to the dance scene in Girls Trip when the quartet competes with a group of hussies.
—Armond White, National Review, 14 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hussy
Noun
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Released in 1958, Attack told of a wealthy heiress, fresh from a stint at a mental institution, who is turned into a giantess and then deals with her philandering husband and his no-good, money-grubbing floozy.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Jan. 2026
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In other words, the insecure floozy stereotype has very little basis in reality.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
25 Nov. 2024
Noun
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The Survivor minx is a tired and true stereotype as attractive female contestants are often portrayed on the show as using their feminine wiles to get ahead in the game.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
14 Apr. 2021
Noun
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Moore did not verbally identify himself as law enforcement, and did not use his sirens while responding to the scene, the letter confirms.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
5 Feb. 2026
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How children play football in Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, Kyiv and Lviv — under air-raid sirens, next to bomb shelters, under the constant threat of missiles and drones.—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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But this episode does offer an unforgettable flashback of Ser Arlan (Danny Webb) rising from the bed of a comely wench and walking outside to urinate, his massive member swinging freely.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
26 Jan. 2026
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Born a modest gathering of kindred spirits, the festival hath blossomed into a celebration of the days of yore, where knights do clash, bards sing sweet airs, merchants display their wares most fine and wenches doth tease in tawdry jests.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
22 May 2025
Noun
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The scene inspired future comedy gags showing drifters and tramps losing their pants to dogs chasing them.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Jan. 2026
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Told in a lingua franca of philosophy and academic jargon, Lucky’s speech has something to do with the collapse of reason and logic, and the futility of human progress, which is ultimately what tramps Estragon (Reeves) and Vladimir (Winter) are up against, too.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
17 Dec. 2025
Noun
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When the county fair would come to town, there was always a side show with the hoochie coochie girls.—
Assistant Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Hussy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hussy. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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