Definition of TROLLOP

trollop

Plural: trollops

Noun

  • A sexually promiscuous woman; a disreputable female.
  • a dirty untidy woman
  • a woman adulterer
  • A strumpet; a whore.

Verb

  • to act in a sluggish or slovenly manner
  • to dangle soggily: become bedraggled
  • to behave like a trollop
  • Of a horse: to move with a gait between a trot and a gallop; to canter.

Examples

  • He thought TROLLOP was a bold play, but it landed him a triple word score.

Origin / Etymology

Origin uncertain; apparently connected with the Middle English trollen (“to go about, stroll, roll from side to side”). Ostensibly influenced, if not derived, in some way by a word from Old Norse trǫll (“troll, witch, mage, monster, etc.”).

Synonyms

adulteress, fornicatress, hussy, jade, loose woman, slattern, slovenly woman, slut, strumpet, harlotize

Scrabble Score: 9

trollop: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
trollop: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
trollop: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

trollop: valid Words With Friends Word