sloot

Not valid in Scrabble

It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
5
Words With Friends
6
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈsluːt/
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/ˈsluːt/ · /ˈsluːɪt/

Definition of sloot

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (South-Africa)A ditch.
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noun

  1. (South-Africa)A ditch.
  2. (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.”
  3. (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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