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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Milwaukee's entire siren system is comprised of sirens made by ASC, and at one point, the county had several hundred sirens, Dondajeski said.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
25 July 2025
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The myth of the siren has captivated storytellers for millennia.—
Kalie Cassidy
July 25,
Literary Hub,
25 July 2025
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“Hussy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hussy. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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