SEDUCE, SEDUCED, SEDUCER, SEDUCIBLE, SEDUCING, SEDUCTION, SEDUCTIVE
ADJECTIVES
► ALL OVER SOMEONE LIKE A CHEAP SUIT pawing and clinging; seductive → Amer. sl.
► BROKEN-KNEED pert. to a woman who was seduced and made pregnant → 18C Brit.
► BROKEN-LEGGED pert. to a woman who was seduced and made pregnant, seduced, deflowered → 17C Brit.
► CLIPPED IN THE RING seduced, deflowered → 1597 sl.
► CRACKED IN THE RING seduced, deflowered → 1613 sl.
► EGSOME forward, seductive → 1868 Sc.
► HAD seduced → L17 sl.
► LENOCINANT enticing to evil, leading astray, seducing → 1664 obs.
► SEDUCTIOUS seductive, alluring → 1883
► SHAFTABLE of a woman: suitable for and hopefully susceptible to seduction → 1950s sl.
► SIRENIAN alluring, seductive, deceitful → 1600
► TICING alluring, seductive, tempting; of sweet, pleasing manners → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS
► BABE LAIR an apartment used by a man for the seduction of women → 1990s US sl.
► BEDROOM EYES a look in the eyes that invites the person on whom it is focused towards seduction → 1910s sl.
► CHAT-UP the first, verbal stages of seduction → 1960 sl.
► DEALS a successful seduction → 2000s African-American sl.
► FRICKINCHATEN a talking seductively to a woman → 2000s African-American sl.
► HUSTLE a means of seduction, a pass → 1970s US sl.
► LINE a special verbal approach, esp. as an introduction to seduction; a chat-up line → 1903 UK sl.
► MACK, THE seductive, persuasive talk; spec. the ‘chat-up’ line used by a pimp to recruit a new girl → 1940s African-American sl.
► MACK TALK ingratiating or flattering talk, orig. of a kind intended to seduce women; seductive, persuasive talk; spec. the ‘chat-up’ line used by a pimp to recruit a new girl → 1940s African-American sl.
► MAKE a session of romantic kissing or petting; necking; hence, an attempted seduction; sexual aggression → 1968 Amer. sl.
► SHEILA TRAP a man’s flat or house, in which he attempts seductions → 1963 Aust. sl.
► VA VA VOOM style; a powerful or seductive style; the quality of being interesting, exciting, or sexually appealing → 1996 US sl.
► WHALE charming or seductive talk; a ‘line’ given a girl → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS – PERSON
► ABANDONED WOMAN a woman who has been seduced, impregnated, and abandoned by a man → 20C
► APRON CHASER one fond of woman; a seducer → World War II Amer. sl.
► APRON CRAZY one fond of woman; a seducer → World War II Amer. sl.
► APRON DIZZY one fond of woman; a seducer → World War II Amer. sl.
► APRON JUMPER one fond of woman; a seducer → World War II Amer. sl.
► APRON SCREWY one fond of woman; a seducer → World War II Amer. sl.
► ASS BANDIT an eager seducer of young women → 1954 Amer. sl.
► BEARD-SPLITTER an enjoyer of women; a seducer; a sexual athlete; a whoremonger; a libertine → c1698 sl.
► BELLY-BUMPER a seducer, a womanizer; a promiscuous man → 1611 obs.
► BROILER an attractive female; a sexually tempting or seductive woman → E20 US sl.
► BUST-MAKER a seducer, a womanizer → L19 sl.
► COUSIN a seducer, a womanizer → 1694 obs.
► DANGLER a seducer of women → 19C sl.
► DELILAH a temptress; a seductive and treacherous woman → L16
► DOG a seducer or womanizer, esp. if very skilful → 2006 African-American sl.
► EASY LAY one who can be easily seduced, usually of a woman → 1920s sl.
► EASY MAKE a woman who can be easily seduced; a loose woman; a woman considered only as a sexual object → 1942 Amer. sl.
► EASY MEAT someone who is easily fooled or seduced; a dupe; an easy target for deception → L19 sl.
► EASY RIDE a young woman who is sexually promiscuous or easily seduced → 1967 US sl.
► EASY RIDER a young woman who is sexually promiscuous or easily seduced → 1952 US sl.
► GAL-SNEAKER a man devoted to seduction; a seducer, esp. of other men’s women → 1909 sl. (Bk.)
► GIRL-TRAP a habitual seducer → c1870 colloq.
► HO ► HOE a promiscuous or seductively dressed young woman → 1950s African-American & students’ sl.
► JAPER a trickster, a deceiver, a seducer, an impostor → 1362 obs.
► KANSAS YUMMY a young woman who proves hard to seduce; she need not necessarily come from Kansas, but the implication is of small-town or rural innocence and morality → 1960s US sl.
► LADYKILLER a handsome, charming man who habitually seduces women → 1769 humorous usage
► LOTHARIO a man who habitually seduces women, or is sexually promiscuous; a libertine, a philanderer → 1748
► LOVELACE a seducer; a libertine → 1773
► LOVER BOY a would-be Romeo or Casanova type; an attractive seducer or lover → 1952 colloq.
► MAC ► MACK ► MAQUE a person who deceives or tries to charm a member of the opposite sex with seductive words; a successful seducer → 1991 African-American sl.
► MAKE an easily seduced woman → 1942 sl., orig. US
► MAKE-OUT ARTIST a seducer; a lecher → M20 US sl.
► MICKEY-DAZZLER a ladykiller; an attractive, charming man who habitually seduces women → 1997 Irish sl. (Bk.)
► MOVER a young man skilled at seduction → 1964 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► OPERATOR a successful seducer of women → 1944 sl.
► PARLOR-SNAKE a ladies’ man; a seducer or would-be seducer → 1920 Amer. sl.
► PIMP a seducer or womanizer, esp. if very skilful → 1991 African-American sl.
► PRIG-BEARD a degenerate, a seducer → L16 sl.
► RACK DATE a female who be easily persuaded into bed; a seducible woman → 1977 students’ sl.
► SNOWMAN anyone who has a smooth, seductive line of talk → 1960s US sl.
► VAMP a woman who intentionally attracts and exploits men; a deliberately alluring woman; a seductress; a female flirt → a1911 sl.
► VAMPIRE a seductive female; a female flirt → 1903
► WANDERING STAR a woman who coyly seduces men in the street in order to rob them → M19 sl.
► WOLF a chaser or seducer of women; a flirt → E20 US sl.
► WOLFESS a seductress; a female flirt → M20 US sl.
► WOMAN-CHASER a male flirt or seducer of women → 20C US sl.
► WOMANIZER a lecher; a woman-chaser; a male flirt or seducer of women; a whoremonger → L19
► YUMMY an attractive woman who is not easily seduced → 1985 US sl.
► ZYBO-FUCKER a White man who seduces a Black man’s woman, esp. by force or great material wealth → 2000 African-American sl.
PHRASES
► OLD ENOUGH TO SIT AT THE TABLE, OLD ENOUGH TO EAT used to suggest that an underage girl is still a feasible target for seduction → 1998 sl.
VERBS
► ALLECT to allure, to entice, to attract, to seduce → 1528 obs.
► APPLE-CORE to seduce → 2000s rhyming sl. for ‘score’
► BICHARRE to turn from duty or right; to pervert, to seduce → a1100 obs.
► BOOST to seduce; to have sexual intercourse with → 1980s US students’ sl.
► CHAT ► CHAT UP to attempt the first, verbal stages of seduction → L19 sl.
► COME ON STRONG ► COME STRONG to be seductive → 1950s sl.
► COP 1. of a pimp: to seduce a girl, usually with the intention of making her into a prostitute → 20C African-American sl.
2. other than of a pimp: to seduce; hence, of a man: to have sexual intercourse → 1920s sl., orig. US
► CRACK IT to succeed, to overcome obstacles, esp. to achieve a successful seduction (from the male point of view) → 1930s sl., orig. Aust. & NZ
► DIALOG to attempt to deceive someone; to attempt to seduce someone → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► DICK to seduce and coit a woman → L19 sl.
► FOOL AROUND to caress one of the opposite sex in a teasing way; to make faint, idle, or jocular attempt at seduction → Bk1974 Amer. sl.
► FORLEAD to seduce, to mislead → c1000 obs.
► FORSPAN to seduce, to entice → c1000 obs.
► GET INTO SOMEONE’S PANTS to seduce someone; to have sex with someone → 1952 sl.
► GET THE MACK ON to talk seductively; to flirt; spec. as a pimp in order to recruit a prostitute → 1960s African-American sl.
► GOW OVER to entice, to allure, to seduce → 1871 Sc.
► GOY to allure, to seduce, to decoy → 1825 Sc.
► JACKET to seduce someone else’s lover → 1960s W. Indies sl.
► JAPE to seduce a woman; to know carnally → 1382 obs.
► MACK ► MACK ON to make a verbally forceful attempt to seduce a person; to flirt heavily → 1970s African-American & teen sl.
► MAKE A MASH to seduce someone → L19 US sl.
► MAKE A RUN to attempt to seduce; to approach with amorous intentions → 1970s sl.
► MANNERS to seduce → 1970s Black British sl.
► NAB to seduce → M19 US sl.
► NAIL to seduce, to secure someone’s affections, to have sexual intercourse with → 1892 US sl.
► PUSH UP ON to make romantic moves towards someone, usually in the hope of seduction → 1990s African-American sl.
► PUT THE EYE ON to look at seductively → 1939 sl., orig. US
► PUT THE MAKE ON to attempt to seduce; to make sexual advances towards → 1956 Amer. sl.
► PUT THE MOVES ON to seduce → 1960s sl., orig. US
► PUT THE WORKS ON to direct one’s energies towards in order to deceive or seduce → 1920 US sl.
► RACE OFF to seduce, to go off with a woman in the hope of achieving seduction → 1940s Aust. sl.
► RACK ► RACK WITH to seduce a woman, to make love → 1950s sl.
► RAP to talk with the aim of seduction → 1970s African-American sl.
► RUN A GAME ON to bamboozle, to deceive, to seduce, to confuse, to obtain money by trickery → 1960s African-American sl.
► SARD to seduce → c950 obs.
► SCORE of a man: to be successful in seducing a person → sl.
► SHEG to seduce → 1958 W. Indies
► SPRAIN ONE’S ANKLE to be seduced and become pregnant; to lose one’s virginity → 1785 euphemism obs.
► SUGGEST to prompt a person to devil; to tempt to or to do something; to seduce or tempt away → a1586 obs.
► TAKE ADVANTAGE of a man: to seduce someone; to have sex with someone; to force sex upon someone → 1928 US euphemism
► TAKE A RUN AT SOMEONE to attempt to capture, assault, or seduce someone → 20C US sl.
► TALK BUSINESS to seduce, to charm → 1960s African-American sl.
► TALK SHIT to seduce, to ‘chat someone up’ → 1940s African-American sl.
► TAP OFF to pick up or seduce → 1990s sl.
► UNDERFONG to seduce, to entrap, to overcome → 1579 obs.
► VAMP of a woman: to flirt, and otherwise employ an obvious sexuality to attract a male; to play the seductress → 1927 UK sl.
► WALK THE BARBER to seduce a woman → M19 sl.
► WHIZ OFF ► WHIZZ OFF to seduce, to go off with a woman in the hope of achieving seduction → 1940s Aust. sl.
► WORK IT to behave in a blatantly seductive way; to engage in high-pressure salesmanship → 1980s Amer. sl.