whore up

verb

To force or influence (someone) to be sexually promiscuous or to look like a prostitute.

“He's whoring up the movie in response to notes from the studio.”

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Meanings

verbwhore up (third-person singular simple present whores up, present participle whoring up, simple past and past participle whored up)

present singular third person whores up · participle present whoring up · participle past whored up · past whored up

  1. transitiveTo force or influence (someone) to be sexually promiscuous or to look like a prostitute.
  2. intransitiveTo make oneself look sexually promiscuous or similar to a prostitute.
  3. transitiveTo pimp (someone).
  4. broadlyfigurativelytransitiveTo offer or be willing to change (something) to make it popular in a way that constitutes selling out.

    He's whoring up the movie in response to notes from the studio.

  5. intransitiveTo work as a prostitute; to hire a prostitute.
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whore up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whore%20up.

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