PROVOCATIVE
ADJECTIVES
► BAD sexy, provocative → 1990 US sl.
► BAIDIE bad-tempered, aggressive, provocative → 1990 US sl. (Bk.)
► CHEEKY sexually provocative; risqué → 1938
► CHEESECAKE sensual, provocative; said of pictures or photographs of girls → 20C Amer. sl.
► DAMN-YOUR-EYES provocative → M19 sl.
► DOWN AND DIRTY sexually explicit or provocative; raunchy → 1969
► STRUMPETLY in a showy, gaudy, or sexually provocative manner → 1483 obs.
► WARM of a woman: sexy, provocative → L19 sl.
NOUNS
► JUST-RAPED LOOK a sluttish, provocative style of dressing; said of a woman → 1980 sl.
► SLUTNESS of a woman: sexual promiscuity or provocativeness → 1995
NOUNS – PERSON
► BITCH HOPPER a very provocative woman → 1996 Amer. dial., derogatory (Bk.)
► COCK-TEASER a sexually provocative woman who evades or refuses intercourse → 1891 sl., derogatory
► PRICK-TEASER a sexually provocative woman who evades or refuses intercourse → 1961 sl., derogatory
► SPANNER a promiscuous female; a sexually provocative woman → 1983 UK sl.
► SPANNERS a sexually provocative woman → 1950 Aust. sl.
► TEASER a provocative woman who evades sexual intercourse → 1895 colloq.
VERBS
► ADVERTISE to dress in a sexually provocative manner → 1950 homosexual sl.
► FEIST to strut, to flirt, to move so as to drawn attention to oneself; to behave coquettishly or provocatively → 1931 Amer. dial.
► LIP OFF to talk rudely, cheekily, or provocatively → 1950 US sl.
► POP STYLE of a woman: to walk in a provocative manner or to act stylishly → 1950 W. Indies sl.
► SASHAY to strut, to parade, to walk in an ostentatious or provocative manner → 1900 sl., orig. US
► STRUMP to behave in a sexually promiscuous or provocative manner → 1550 obs.
► STRUMPET to behave in a sexually promiscuous or provocative manner → 1890
► STRUT ONE’S STUFF to display one’s virtuosity in a saucy provocative way → 1926 US sl.
► TALK THROUGH ONE’S FLY-BUTTONS to talk in a sexually provocative or sex-obsessed manner → 1960 sl.
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