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verb

• to sacrifice one's principles for financial gain.

                                                                                                                          
  
                                           
  
                                                              
  
                                                                                                                                             
  
  Citation from "Chapter 5", Eastbound & Down (TV), Season 1 Episode 5 (2009) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Jan 11 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 11 2012.

verb - transitive

• to make someone work as a prostitute.

  He whores out illegal immigrants.

  Last edited on Aug 09 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 09 2010.

• to make someone else work for one's own financial gain.

  Stage parents whore their children out to the entertainment industry.

  Last edited on Aug 09 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 09 2010.

• makeup.

  Last edited on Jan 05 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 05 2010.

noun

• a cursory cleaning of one's body, for example only cleaning the genitals and underarms. Named from the (presumably brief) cleaning prostitutes perform between clients.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
  
  Citation from Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997 film) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Jul 19 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 19 2010.

interjection

• impatient request for something.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
  
  Citation from "I Never Met the Dead Man", Family Guy (TV), Season 1 Episode 2 (1999) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Nov 02 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 02 2011.

noun - uncountable

• an item whose name can't be recalled at the moment.

  Hand me that whos its over there.

  • See more words with the same meaning: unspecified item(s), 'stuff', 'thing(s)'.

  Last edited on Nov 26 2011. Submitted by Kathy A. from Dallas, TX, USA on Jan 09 2002.

interjection

• used to inquire the owner of an item.
  
  Example: someone would hold up a pencil and, speaking to a group, ask "Who's own?"
  • See more words with the same meaning: inquiries (list of).

  Last edited on Aug 18 2018. Submitted by Jennifer from Tampa, FL, USA on May 06 1997.