sloot
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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/ˈsluːt/
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/ˈsluːt/ · /ˈsluːɪt/
Definition of sloot
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (South-Africa)A ditch.
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noun
- (South-Africa)A ditch.
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(South-Africa, archaic)An irrigation channel.
“Gorton, Ixopo, continues to suffer from prolonged drought. The Ixopo has not been so low for the last fifty years. Some sluits around here have ceased running.”
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(slang)A slut.
“"I want to wait on the sexy time front though because I really am looking for an actual boyfriend and don't want him to think I'm a sloot [slut]."”
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Etymology
Borrowed from Afrikaans sloot, from Dutch sloot, from Middle Dutch slote, sloot, from Old Dutch *slōt, from Proto-West Germanic *slaut.
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