trollop

noun

ˈträ-ləp How to pronounce trollop (audio)
Definition of trollopnext
as in floozie
a boldly flirtatious or sexually promiscuous woman the tabloids tried to paint the senator's mistress as a trollop

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trollop
  1. hussy
  2. prostitute
  3. floozy
  4. siren
  5. tramp
Noun
  • Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday and Pat Garrett hang out with a hussy.
    Los Angeles Times, 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
Definition of hussy
Noun
  • At some point, Perkins reportedly introduced Millard to a Black prostitute but Millard wanted a White one instead, the news report said, citing warrants.
    Louis Casiano, Fox News, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, named after Shields’s controversial first film about a young girl who was a child prostitute, features interviews from her childhood friend and actress Laura Linney and Drew Barrymore and how to contrasted with Shields’s experience in the spotlight.
    Vulture, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2023
Definition of prostitute
Noun
  • In other words, the insecure floozy stereotype has very little basis in reality.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Oh, my favorite floozy.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 11 May 2021
Definition of floozy
Noun
  • These triggers can often be the sound of another dog howling or, as in Kaido's case, a nearby siren.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Four days later, sirens sounded as rockets flew out of Gaza and into southern Israel.
    Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of siren
Noun
  • Daniels’ first foray into the horror genre shot to No. 1 on Netflix after dropping Aug. 30, which may have a little bit — or a whole lot — to do with Close, who clearly had the time of her life playing a tramp named Alberta.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2024
  • On March 7, 1913, rescuers were desperately searching the same waters for survivors of the Alum Cine, a British tramp steamer, that exploded while being loaded with 350 tons of dynamite (nine boxcars’ worth) that was bound to Panama for construction of the canal that was underway.
    Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2024
Definition of tramp
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