Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of whore
plural whorings
- countableuncountableSynonym of prostitution, having sex for money; (figurative) disgracing oneself for money; having promiscuous sex.
Yet she increased her whorings, remembering the days of her youth, when she played the whore in the land of Egypt and lusted after her paramours
1989, New Revised Standard Version, Book of Ezekiel, 23:19–201 more example
Scott... had told me at the Closerie des Lilas how he wrote what he thought were good stories, and which really were good stories for the Post, and then changed them for submission, knowing exactly how he must make the twists that made them into salable magazine stories. I had been shocked at this and I said I thought it was whoring. He said it was whoring but that he had to do it...
1964, Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 151Synonyms: prostitution, having sex for money
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of prostitution, having sex for money; (figurative) disgracing oneself for money; having promiscuous sex.
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