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单词 hussy
释义

hussy

noun

hus·​sy ˈhə-sē How to pronounce hussy (audio)
-zē
plural hussies
1
: a lewd or brazen woman
2
: a saucy or mischievous girl

Synonyms

  • chippie
  • chippy
  • doxy
  • doxie
  • fancy woman
  • floozy
  • floozie
  • hoochie [slang]
  • Jezebel
  • minx
  • quean
  • tramp
  • trollop
  • wench
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Example Sentences

"Grandma, you hussy!" joked the girl when her grandmother admitted kissing on her first date
Recent Examples on the Web Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday and Pat Garrett hang out with a hussy. 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

Word History

Etymology

alteration of Middle English huswif housewife, from hus house + wif wife, woman

First Known Use

1505, in the meaning defined at sense 1

hussy

noun

as in floozy
a boldly flirtatious or sexually promiscuous woman "Grandma, you hussy!" joked the girl when her grandmother admitted kissing on her first date

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • floozy
  • trollop
  • minx
  • prostitute
  • floozie
  • siren
  • wench
  • chippy
  • hoochie
  • quean
  • tramp
  • chippie
  • temptress
  • doxy
  • doxie
  • fancy woman
  • woman of easy virtue
  • vamp
  • Jezebel
  • trull
  • grisette
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