to whore
- verb
- /hɔr/
- NSFW
- He was arrested for whoring around with prostitutes in the city.
- go whoring
Examples
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Were you out whoring around? - Mom!
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Tell them about all the man whoring... he did behind your back when you were married.
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Whoring around with the guard?
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And the whole world knows I've been whoring around.
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To me, it sounds like a pretty boring way to spend your time when you could be out boozing and whoring it up.
Blog text (6) -
You're drinking and you're whoring around.
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I didn't go whoring and didn't plan to pay.
Fiction book (1995) -
Why haven't you settled down? Why are you still tramping and whoring around?
Fiction book (2001) -
During his wild nights, he often found himself whoring with different partners.
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She admitted to whoring around while traveling for work.
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Offensive
A very rude name people use to show strong anger or dislike toward someone
- Offensive
An offensive word for a woman who exchanges sex for crack cocaine, often because she is addicted
- Offensive
A person who tries hard to get attention from the media in an obvious way to become more famous
- Offensive
A player who tries to take all valuable items in a game and ignores teamwork
- Offensive
A person who cares most about very good pictures in games or design rather than how they work
How Insulting
Surface Forms
Etymology
Whore can also be used as a verb meaning to have sex with a prostitute, and this use comes from the same old word hōre meaning 'prostitute'. So the verb was used for both selling and buying sex, which is why it has that meaning today.