as in floozie
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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In other words, the insecure floozy stereotype has very little basis in reality.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
25 Nov. 2024
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Sonja is my favorite floozy and watching her mug around the house all wasted is one of my favorite things in the entire universe.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
29 June 2021
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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No sirens were sounded, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said, adding that the incident was under review.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
7 Sep. 2025
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Suddenly, in this endless stretch of sameness, a siren goes off.—
Carmen Maria Machado,
New Yorker,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Hussy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hussy. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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