Slut in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Slut

You can make 6 words from 'slut' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

• 4 letters words from 'slut'
• 3 letters words from 'slut'
• 2 letters words from 'slut'

4 letters words from 'slut'

LUST 4

SLUT 4

3 letters words from 'slut'

UTS 3

2 letters words from 'slut'

ST 2	US 2
UT 2

Definitions and meaning of slut

slut

Etymology

First attested in 1402, with the meaning "untidy woman"; cognate with the Dutch slodder and slet, dialectal Swedish slata (“idle woman”). From the Late Middle English slutte, from slouthe (“sloth”). Compare English sloth, Norwegian sludd (“sleet”), and the dialectal Norwegian slutr (“sleet, impure liquid”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slʌt/
• Rhymes: -ʌt

Noun

slut (plural sluts)

1. (vulgar, often derogatory) A sexually promiscuous woman or girl.

   She's a slut, but I love her.

   1. (vulgar, by extension) A prostitute.

      You could hire a slut for a few hours, if you're that desperate.

2. (vulgar, derogatory) Any sexually promiscuous person, often a gay man.
   • 2005, Adam & Steve

     Before he met you, he was such a whore. No, I'm sorry! Whores get paid. He was a slut.

3. (vulgar, figuratively, often derogatory) Someone who seeks attention through inappropriate means or to an excessive degree.

   a press slut

4. (vulgar, figuratively, often derogatory) A disloyal individual; someone who does not commit to a particular thing.

   That guy was a job slut; he changed jobs way too often and quickly, to the point that employers will no longer hire him.

5. (archaic, derogatory) A slovenly, untidy person, usually a woman.
   • 1600 C.E.: William Shakespeare, As you like it

     Clo. Truly, and to cast away honestie vppon a foule slut, were to put good meate into an vncleane dish. / Aud. I am not a slut, though I thanke the Goddes I am foule.

   • 1602 C.E.: William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor

     Where fires thou find’st unrak’d, and hearths unswept, / There pinch the Maids as blew as Bill-berry, / Our radiant Queene, hates Sluts, and Sluttery.
6. (obsolete, derogatory) A bold, outspoken woman.
   • 1728 C.E.: John Gay, Begger’s Opera

     Our Polly is a sad Slut! nor heeds what we have taught her.
7. (obsolete) A female dog.
8. (obsolete) A maidservant.
   • 1664 C.E.: Samuel Pepys, The Diary of Samuel Pepys

     Our little girl Susan is a most admirable slut, and pleases us mightily, doing more service than both the others and deserves wages better.

9. (obsolete) A rag soaked in a flammable substance and lit for illumination.

Synonyms

• (sexually promiscuous woman): See also Thesaurus:promiscuous woman.
• (prostitute): See also Thesaurus:prostitute.
• (untidy person): See also Thesaurus:untidy person.

Derived terms

Related terms

• slattern

Translations

Verb

slut (third-person singular simple present sluts, present participle slutting, simple past and past participle slutted)

1. (vulgar) To wear slutty clothing or makeup, or otherwise behave in a slutty manner.
2. (slang, vulgar, usually with around) To visit places frequented by men, with the intention of engaging in sexual intercourse by means of flirting.

Synonyms

• (behave in a slutty manner): See Thesaurus:harlotize
• (visit places frequented by men): cruise, troll

See also

• bitch

Anagrams

• LUTs, UTSL, lust, ults

---

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈslut]

Verb

slut

1. masculine singular passive participle of slout

---

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slut/, [sl̥ud̥]

Etymology 1

From Swedish slut, from Middle Low German slūt.

Adjective

slut

1. over
2. finished

Interjection

slut

1. (radio communications) over and out, out (ending a conversation)

Noun

slut (uncountable)

1. end

References

• “slut,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

Verb

slut

1. imperative of slutte

---

Middle Low German

Noun

slūt m or n

1. end; conclusion

Descendants

• → Swedish: slut
  • → Danish: slut

References

• "slut" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

---

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

slut n (definite singular slutet, uncountable)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by sludd

---

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

slut n (definite singular slutet, uncountable)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by sludd

---

Romanian

Etymology

Ukrainian слутий (slutyj)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slut/

Adjective

slut m or n (feminine singular slută, masculine plural sluți, feminine and neuter plural slute)

1. crippled
2. ugly

Declension

Synonyms

• urât

Antonyms

• frumos

---

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

slut (Cyrillic spelling слут)

1. masculine singular passive past participle of sluti

---

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German slūt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slʉːt/
• Rhymes: -ʉːt

Adjective

slut (only as predicative, not comparable)

1. over, finished; which has come to an end

   Deras förhållande är slut.

   Their relationship is over.

2. gone, no more, 'the last is taken'

   Kakorna är slut.

   There are no more cookies.

3. exhausted; very tired

Derived terms

• ta slut
• sluta

Noun

slut n

1. end

   Jag tyckte om slutet av boken.

   I liked the end of the book.

Declension

Derived terms

• avslut
• beslut
• slutligen
• slutstation
• till slut

Descendants

• → Danish: slut

Verb

slut

1. imperative of sluta.

References

• slut in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• lust, luts

Source: wiktionary.org

• SLUSHINESS, the state of being slushy.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)

Live Currency Calculator Click Here!