hooker
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9.0
- noun
- /ˈhʊkər/
- Offensive
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puta
- The police were called to the area because a hooker was soliciting customers near the corner by the park.
Putin had said they had the best hookers in the world on TV.
- Putin had said they had the best hookers in the world on TV.
- I don't think the Russians manipulated these hooker videos with Hunter Biden.
- No, he stayed at where I believe hookers go and sleep at night or prostitutes.
- So I'm telling you, that's their way of saying she's a hooker.
- It's too bright, and I look like Nicki Minaj or a hooker.
- You're not going to have hookers, prostitutes getting beat up by their pimps.
- Basically she's like a druggie hooker.
- I'm working with that guy, that girl from the hooker episode of Blue Grant.
- You are there for alcohol, hookers, frogs.
- All my friends were tagging out their their their hookers, their Ukrainian hookers tagging them out.
Examples
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"You want to know why I became a hooker?" she asks.
Fiction book (1994) -
Someone's gonna think I'm a hooker and call the cops.
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You can do that, but I think you kind of look like a hooker when you do that.
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A hooker from Five Points?
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If you wear blue shadow, I look like a high end hooker, right?
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A lot of people were of the opinion that you were a hooker.
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I mean, he never asked me why I was a hooker, and that was impressive.
Fiction book (1995) -
Did you hear about the hooker who had an appendectomy?
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A big, gruff cop makes eyes at a hooker being booked... and they start to slow dance.
Fiction book (1993) -
Hull's unlocking his door when Belinda, the hooker across the hall, comes out to talk.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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9.3
An offensive word for a person who has sex for money
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4.2
A person who has sex with other people for money
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9.3
A person who offers sex for money on the street
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9.9
A woman who sells sex for money
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9.9
A woman who sells sex, often used as an insult
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8.9
A person who offers sex for money on the street
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8.6
A woman who sells sex for money
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9.2
A woman who sells sex for money
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8.9
A woman who offers sex for money by standing in the street
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9.9
A woman who has sex for money, used in older books
A person who has sex for money
A woman who has sex with people for money
A woman who works as a prostitute
How Euphemistic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hooker for a prostitute probably comes from the verb hook meaning 'to catch' or 'to attract' customers on the street, so a hooker is someone who 'hooks' clients. One popular story links the word to General Hooker, but that is likely just a story.