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CUCKOLD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cuckold mean? 

CUCKOLD (noun)
  The noun CUCKOLD has 1 sense:

1. a man whose wife committed adulteryplay

  Familiarity information: CUCKOLD used as a noun is very rare.


CUCKOLD (verb)
  The verb CUCKOLD has 1 sense:

1. be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriageplay

  Familiarity information: CUCKOLD used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CUCKOLD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A man whose wife committed adultery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("cuckold" is a kind of...):

hubby; husband; married man (a married man; a woman's partner in marriage)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cuckold"):

wittol (an archaic term for a cuckold who knows about his wife's infidelity but tolerates it)

Derivation:

cuckold (be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage)


CUCKOLD (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they cuckold  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it cuckolds  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: cuckolded  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: cuckolded  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: cuckolding  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

betray; cheat; cheat on; cuckold; wander

Context example:

Might her husband be wandering?

Hypernyms (to "cuckold" is one way to...):

cozen; deceive; delude; lead on (be false to; be dishonest with)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cuckold"):

two-time (carry on a romantic relationship with two people at the same time)

fool around; play around (commit adultery)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

cuckold (a man whose wife committed adultery)


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