 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
hussy
noun: a woman adulterer [syn: {adulteress}, {fornicatress}, {jade},
{loose woman}, {slut}, {strumpet}, {trollop}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Housewife \House"wife'\, noun [House + wife. Cf. {Hussy}.]
1. The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the
female head of a household. --Shak.
He a good husband, a good housewife she. --Dryden.
2. (Usually pronounced ?.) [See {Hussy}, in this sense.] A
little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for
other articles of female work; -- called also {hussy}.
[Written also {huswife}.] --P. Skelton.
3. A hussy. [R.] [Usually written {huswife}.] --Shak.
{Sailor's housewife}, a ditty-bag.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hussy \Hus"sy\, noun [From Icel. h?si a case, prob. fr. h?s house.
See {House}, and cf. {Housewife} a bag, {Huswife} a bag.]
A case or bag. See {Housewife}, 2.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hussy \Hus"sy\, noun [Contr. fr. huswife.]
1. A housewife or housekeeper. [Obs.]
2. A worthless woman or girl; a forward wench; a jade; --
used as a term of contempt or reproach. --Grew.
3. A pert girl; a frolicsome or sportive young woman; -- used
jocosely. --Goldsmith.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
53 Moby Thesaurus words for "hussy":
Jezebel, bad woman, baggage, bitch, boldface, brazenface, broad,
chippy, chutzpanik, clitoromaniac, cocotte, drab, easy lay,
easy woman, floozy, frail sister, grisette, harridan,
hysteromaniac, jade, jezebel, loose woman, malapert, minx, nymphet,
nympho, nymphomaniac, pickup, pup, puppy, quean, saucebox,
slattern, slut, smart aleck, smart-ass, smarty, smarty-pants, snip,
strumpet, swaggerer, tart, tramp, trollop, trull, upstart,
uteromaniac, wanton, wench, whippersnapper, whore, wise guy,
wise-ass
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