slut
- 01 C2 Proficiency
to dress or behave in a way that is intended to be sexually attractive, often used as an insult.
to dress or behave in a manner perceived as sexually provocative; often used with 'up' or 'it'.
Simple“She decided to slut it up for the Halloween party with a very short costume.”
In context“The tabloid media frequently criticized celebrities for 'slutting it up' on the red carpet, reflecting deep-seated cultural anxieties about female celebrity.”
UsageOften used in the phrasal form 'slut it up' or 'slut up'.
“The convicted US murderer Carol Bundy is “a common slut” who “would have cheap sex with any man who looked just the once at her”.”
From Middle English slutt, slutte, slute (“a dirty or slovenly person, usually a woman, scullery maid; messy animal to prepare as food; slush, mud”), probably from Old English slȳte (“sleet”), from Proto-West Germanic slautijā, from Proto-Germanic slautijǭ (“sleet, hail”), related to Proto-West Germanic slaut (“puddle, ditch”). Compare Dutch slodder and slet, dialectal Swedish slata (“idle woman”), Norwegian sludd (“sleet”), and the dialectal Norwegian slutr (“sleet, impure liquid”). Doublet of sleet.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.