hussy

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hus·sy

 (hŭz′ē, hŭs′ē)

n. pl. hus·sies

1. A woman considered to be brazen or promiscuous.

2. A saucy or impudent girl or young woman.

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[Alteration of Middle English houswif, housewife; see housewife.]

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hussy

(ˈhʌsɪ; -zɪ)

n, pl -sies

1. a shameless or promiscuous woman

2. dialect a folder for needles, thread, etc

[C16 (in the sense: housewife): from hussif housewife]

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hus•sy

(ˈhʌs i, ˈhʌz i)

n., pl. -sies.

1. a brazen or disreputable woman.

2. a mischievous or impudent girl.

[1520–30; earlier hussive housewife]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hussy - a woman adulterer       adulteress, fornicatress, loose woman, strumpet, trollop, slut, jade adulterer, fornicator - someone who commits adultery or fornication

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hussy

noun (Old-fashioned) slut, tart (informal), strumpet, baggage (informal, old-fashioned), tramp (slang), jade, wanton, minx, wench (archaic), slapper (Brit. slang), scrubber (Brit. & Austral. slang), trollop, floozy (slang), quean (archaic) Are you going to sunbathe naked? You wanton hussy!

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hussy

noun

A vulgar promiscuous woman who flouts propriety:

baggage, jade, slattern, slut, tart, tramp, wanton, wench, whore.

Slang: floozy.

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Translations

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hussy

[ˈhʌsɪ] N → fresca f
she's a little hussy → es una fresca

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hussy

[ˈhʌsi] n (humorous) → dévergondée f

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hussy

n (= pert girl) → Fratz m (inf), → (freche) Göre (inf); (= whorish woman) → Flittchen nt (pej); a brazen or wanton hussy → ein schamloses Flittchen

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