Jezebel

noun

ˈje-zə-ˌbel How to pronounce Jezebel (audio)
Definition of Jezebelnext
as in hussy
a boldly flirtatious or sexually promiscuous woman as far as the family matriarch was concerned, her son's fiancée was a gold digger and a Jezebel

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  1. hussy
  2. siren
  3. prostitute
  4. floozy
Noun
  • Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday and Pat Garrett hang out with a hussy.
    Los Angeles Times, 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
Definition of hussy
Noun
  • With lights flashing and sirens blaring, the officers stepped out of their patrol car and proceeded to take part in the Halloween festivities.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Soon after, an ambulance would peel off, sirens ripping through the silence.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of siren
Noun
  • At some point, Perkins reportedly introduced Millard to a Black prostitute but Millard wanted a White one instead, the news report said, citing warrants.
    Louis Casiano, Fox News, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, named after Shields’s controversial first film about a young girl who was a child prostitute, features interviews from her childhood friend and actress Laura Linney and Drew Barrymore and how to contrasted with Shields’s experience in the spotlight.
    Vulture, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2023
Definition of prostitute
Noun
  • Oh, my favorite floozy.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 11 May 2021
  • Batrachians, oh, tell me, where is the fair floozy?
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2021
Definition of floozy
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