Dictionary Workbench Ondict

cuckold

Dictionary entry view. Switch to definition mode above when you know the meaning but not the word.

cuckold

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++cuck·old1 /ˈkʌkəld, ˈkʌkəʊld $ -kəld/ noun [countable] old use  SEX/HAVE SEX WITHan insulting word for a man whose wife has been having sex with another man 乌龟王八〔指妻子与人通奸的人,侮辱性用语〕
Examples from the Corpus
cuckoldBecause I made a cuckold of him?Sharpe translated the crowd's attention as the derision due to a cuckold and, in that misapprehension, his temper snapped.Horned gods are by definition cuckold gods.Most prominent amongst these are terms that mock the miller as an impotent and inadequate cuckold.Given what he does for a living, Bill is no innocent cuckold.
cuckold2 verb [transitive] old use  SEX/HAVE SEX WITHif a wife and her lover cuckold her husband, they have sex with each other 的妻子通奸,给戴绿帽子→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
cuckoldSarah Hrdy proposed that silent ovulation helps prevent infanticide because neither the husband nor the lover knows if he has been cuckolded.At the end all there was was the knowledge that you took the job to not be cuckolded by opportunity.Male birds were cuckolding one another at a tremendous rate.Told him he didn't want to accept hospitality from patrons who go round cuckolding their players.
Origin cuckold (1200-1300) Probably from Old French cucuault, from cucu; → CUCKOO1
word an whose Corpus man a insulting been has wife for


cuckold
I
cuckold1 /ˈkʌkəld, ˈkʌkəʊld $ -kəld/ noun [countable] old use
 Date: 1200-1300
 Origin: Probably from Old French cucuault, from cucu; cuckoo1
an insulting word for a man whose wife has been having sex with another man

II
cuckold2 verb [transitive] old use
if a wife and her lover cuckold her husband, they have sex with each other


cuck·oldBrE /ˈkʌkəʊld/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkʌkoʊld/ 🔊 noun(old use, disapproving) a man whose wife has sex with another man 妻子有外遇的人;戴绿帽子的人
cuck·oldBrE /ˈkʌkəʊld/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkʌkoʊld/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they cuckold BrE /ˈkʌkəʊld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkʌkoʊld/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it cuckolds BrE /ˈkʌkəʊldz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkʌkoʊldz/ 🔊past simple cuckolded BrE /ˈkʌkəʊldɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkʌkoʊldɪd/ 🔊past participle cuckolded BrE /ˈkʌkəʊldɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkʌkoʊldɪd/ 🔊 -ing form cuckolding BrE /ˈkʌkəʊldɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkʌkoʊldɪŋ/ 🔊(old use) ~ sb (of a man 男人) to make another man a cuckold by having sex with his wife 给(另一男人)戴绿帽子;与(某人)的妻子通奸~ sb (of a woman 女人) to make her husband a cuckold by having sex with another man 使(丈夫)戴绿帽子;使(丈夫)当王八