The meaning of Hussies

noun

A flirtatious woman.

Usage examples:

Her transformation from an ice maiden warrior into a winsome coquette

noun

A silly or flirtatious young woman.

Usage examples:

A raven-haired fizgig

verb

Behave as though sexually attracted to someone, but playfully rather than with serious intentions.

Usage examples:

She began to tease him, flirting with other men in front of him

noun

A person who habitually flirts.

Usage examples:

Jim was an outrageous flirt

verb

To behave as if you are interested in someone, in a not serious way

Usage examples:

They were flirting with each other at the party., fig. if he gets deeper into debt, he’s flirting w…

noun

A young woman who has many casual sexual partners or who dresses or behaves in a sexually provocative way.

Usage examples:

He runs off with some floozy that's only interested in fame and money

noun

A woman who has a lot of sexual relationships, or who wears clothes that attract sexual attention in a way that is too obvious

noun

An insulting word for a woman who has had a lot of sexual partners

noun

A boisterous girl.

Usage examples:

‘i've warned you before, you young hoyden.’

noun

A hard, typically green stone used for ornaments and implements and consisting of the minerals jadeite or nephrite.

Usage examples:

A jade figurine

noun

A bad-tempered or disreputable woman.

proper noun

(fl. 9th century bc), a phoenician princess, traditionally the great-aunt of dido and in the bible the wife of ahab king of israel. she was denounced by elijah for introducing the worship of baal into israel (1 kings 16:31, 21:5–15, 2 kings 9:30–7). her use of make-up was especially condemned by puritan england.

noun

A shameless or immoral woman.

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Of course an actual woman can't live up to that one, but she can be condemned as a jezebel or like …

noun

An immoral woman who deceives people in order to get what she wants

noun

Used to address or refer to a woman in a polite or respectful way.

Usage examples:

Can i help you, madam?

noun

A polite word used to address a woman, or a title for a woman used before a position

Usage examples:

"may i help you, madam?", madam president

noun

A formal and polite way of speaking to a woman

Usage examples:

May i carry your cases for you, madam?, dear madam, i am writing to enquire about ..., madam secret…

noun

An impudent, cunning, or boldly flirtatious girl or young woman.

Usage examples:

You saucy little minx!

noun

A girl or young woman who knows how to control other people to her advantage

noun

An impudent or badly behaved girl or woman.

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Catherine is ‘greatest of all sovereigns and whores’ and also a ‘modern amazon and queen of queans’.

noun

A woman who seduces someone, especially one who entices a man into sexual activity.

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On the one hand she is admired for her courage, political intelligence, and stoicism; on the other …

noun

A woman who has many casual sexual encounters or relationships.

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It's strumpets like you who are setting back the women's rights movement.

noun

A female prostitute

verb

Make fun of or attempt to provoke (a person or animal) in a playful way.

Usage examples:

I used to tease her about being so house-proud

noun

A person who makes fun of someone playfully or unkindly.

Usage examples:

Some think of him as a tease who likes to keep others guessing

verb

Mock or make fun of playfully

noun

A woman who has many casual sexual encounters or relationships.

Usage examples:

Ellen had pictured edward lying in ecstasy with a succession of nameless camp trollops, and part of…

noun

A woman who has had a lot of sexual relationships without any emotional involvement

Usage examples:

That woman's a real trollop. every time i see her she's with a different man.

noun

(in jazz and popular music) a short, simple introductory passage, usually repeated several times until otherwise instructed.

Usage examples:

The title track has an overlong vamp

verb

Repair or improve something.

Usage examples:

The production values have been vamped up

verb

Blatantly set out to attract.

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She had not vamped him like some wicked jezebel

adjective

(of a cruel or violent action) deliberate and unprovoked.

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Sheer wanton vandalism

noun

A sexually unrestrained woman.

Usage examples:

She'd behaved like a wanton

verb

Play; frolic.

Usage examples:

They sat gazing at the white-flecked pure blue sea and the various gulls that wantoned in the wake