noun
- a woman or girl regarded as impudent, immoral, or disrespectful
Usage: informal; dated; often considered offensive or derogatory
Examples
- The old woman called the young hussy a troublemaker.
- That hussy had the nerve to talk back to her elders.
- In Victorian novels, a hussy was often portrayed as a woman of loose morals.
- He scolded the hussy for her disrespectful behavior.
- The character was written as a bold hussy who defied social conventions.