whore

/hɔər/

/hɔ/

Other forms: whores; whoring; whored

In the original sense, a whore is a prostitute: someone who has sex for money. The word has since broadened to mean anyone who is money-hungry.

Whores traditionally whored their bodies out for money. But today a whore can be a person that compromises himself in any kind of way for monetary gain. It's also a nasty thing to call someone (especially a woman) who has a lot of sex and is often used as a vulgar insult similar to bitch. It's not really an appropriate word to call someone, including actual prostitutes.

Definitions of whore

1. noun

   a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
   synonyms: bawd, cocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, harlot, lady of pleasure, prostitute, sporting lady, tart, woman of the street, working girl

   types:

   call girl

   a female prostitute who can be hired by telephone

   camp follower

   a prostitute who provides service to military personnel

   comfort woman, ianfu

   a woman forced into prostitution for Japanese servicemen during World War II

   demimondaine

   a woman whose sexual promiscuity places her outside respectable society

   floozie, floozy, hooker, hustler, slattern, street girl, streetwalker

   a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets

   white slave

   a woman sold into prostitution

   type of:

   adult female, woman

   an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
2. verb

   work as a prostitute
   type of:

   work

   exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
3. verb

   have unlawful sex with a whore
   type of:

   fornicate

   have sex without being married
4. verb

   compromise oneself for money or other gains
   type of:

   compromise

   make a compromise; arrive at a compromise