Meaning

7 senses
  1. (derogatory, intransitive, vulgar)To prostitute oneself.

    sich prostituieren, herumhuren, rumhuren

    развра́тничатьrazvrátničatʹ, распу́тничатьraspútničatʹ, гуля́тьguljátʹ

    work as a prostitute

  2. (derogatory, intransitive, vulgar)To engage the services of a prostitute.

    ходи́ть по блядя́мxodítʹ po bljadjám

  3. (derogatory, transitive, vulgar)To pimp; to pander.

  4. (derogatory, transitive, vulgar)To promote shamelessly.

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

  5. (derogatory, intransitive, vulgar)To pursue false gods.

  6. (derogatory, intransitive, vulgar)To pursue false goals.

  7. (derogatory, slang, transitive, vulgar)To overuse something.

Examples

62 sentences
  1. Our teacher is a fucking whore.

    Наша вчителька — йобана курва.

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  2. Stay away from my husband, you whore!

    Тримайся подалі від мого чоловіка, курво!

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  3. I'm a whore.

    Я повія.

    deIch bin eine Hure.

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  4. Sami is married to a whore.

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  5. They call me an army whore.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to prostitute oneself:
to engage a prostitute:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to prostitute oneself:

Origin

From Middle English hore, from Old English hōre, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Ind

From Middle English hore, from Old English hōre, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“loved”), from *keh₂- (“to wish; desire”). Cognate with Dutch hoer, German Hure, Old Norse hóra as well as Sanskrit चारु (cā́ru, “dear”), Latin cārus (“dear, expensive”), and Irish cara (“friend”).

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Forms

whores, whoring, whored, whored
Base formwhore · to whore
3rd person singularwhores
Present participlewhoring
Past simplewhored
Past participlewhored

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywhore
he, she, itwhores

Past simpleLesson

all personswhored

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave whored
he, she, ithas whored

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill whore

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

6 synonyms
to prostitute oneself:sell one's body
to pimp:pander
to promote shamelessly:toutpimp

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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