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tart

tart

25 9.9
A woman who sells sex, often used as an insult
  • noun
  • /tɑrt/
  • Offensive
: puta
  • You invited a little tart you picked up on the street.
  • stupid tart

So some some tarts tried saying that she's pregnant from me.

Examples

  • I want to talk to you about that Communist tart.

  • "You were a fool to let him hire that little tart," her mother had snapped.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • "What did the little tart do to you out back?"

    Fiction book (1999)
  • As if you were just any cheap tart lying there.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • You killed him, you vicious tart!

  • He's run off with a tart.

  • You sneaky little tart.

  • "My wife June," he says, waving another aging, leathered tart in the Vera vein, this one with bleached hair.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • The tarts—there would be room at Dunrobin for the tarts, the brasses, the whores.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • He was seen leaving the hotel with a tart he met at the club.

Synonyms

whore
vstart
  • Offensive
569 9.3

An offensive word for a person who has sex for money

is equally offensive slang rather than a neutral or formal label
prostitute
vstart
  • NSFW
326 4.2

A person who has sex with other people for money

is slang and carries negative or insulting tone rather than neutral usage
hooker
vstart
  • Offensive
308 9.0

A person who sells sex for money, often on the street

is more insulting and slangy than this informal everyday word
harlot
vstart
  • Offensive
28 9.9

A woman who sells sex for money

is modern slang rather than archaic or literary usage
working girl
vstart
  • NSFW
2 8.6

A woman who sells sex for money

is harsher slang compared with this softer, work-related phrase
bawd
vstart
  • Offensive
2 9.9

A woman who has sex with people for money

is modern slang that sounds harsher and more insulting
woman of the street
vstart
  • Offensive
1 9.7

A woman who has sex for money or who lives on the streets

is slang focused on insult rather than suggesting poverty or street context
cocotte
vstart
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A woman who has sex for money and often lives in high society

is cruder slang lacking the historical glamour implied by this term
lady of pleasure
vstart
  • NSFW
1 9.9

A woman who works as a prostitute

is modern slang and more offensive than this older literary phrase
cyprian
vstart
  • NSFW
9.9

A woman who has sex with people for money

is current slang with more blunt and offensive tone
sporting lady
vstart
  • NSFW
9.9

A woman who has sex for money, used in older books

is slang and more direct than this old-fashioned expression

Compounds

28 2.7

A thin sweet pastry with a fruit or chocolate filling that you heat in a toaster

4 1.0

A baked sweet pastry like a pie with sliced apples and sugar

2 1.8

A pastry with cream or custard topped with fresh fruit

1 6.7

A pastry shell filled with cooked lobster often served as a starter

How Insulting

slut
  • Offensive
318 9.6
tart
  • Offensive
25 9.9
tramp
  • Offensive
81 8.4
hussy
  • Slur
25 9.9
wench
  • Slur
42 9.9

Surface Forms

tart singular
tarts plural

Etymology

The slang word tart for a prostitute is offensive; one common story says people compared a woman who used her looks to attract others to a 'sweet' tart, and that comparison led to the rude meaning.