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whore

/hɔː/

noun

Meaning

  • Any person (especially a woman) who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood.

  • A person who does, or offers to do, a demeaning or dishonourable activity for money or personal gain; someone who acts in a dishonourable way for personal advantage.

Synonyms

whore,
sellout,
sex worker

noun

Meaning

  • A person who is sexually promiscuous; a slut.

  • A person who is unscrupulous, especially one who compromises their principles for gain.

  • A person who will violate behavioral standards to achieve something desired.

  • A contemptible person.

verb

Meaning

  • To prostitute oneself.

  • To engage the services of a prostitute.

  • To pimp; to pander.

  • To promote shamelessly.

    "Did you see him on that chat show, whoring his new book?"

  • To pursue false gods.

  • To pursue false goals.

  • To overuse something.

    "BTW, that guy whuz still an asshole - camping the BFG and whoring the quad - I usually leave BFG maps but stuck around on that one and suicided quite a bit (3 times I got to about -10 frags, then came back to 0...)."

Synonyms

pander,
turn out,
pimp,
tout,
sell one's body,
turn tricks