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Webster 1913 Edition
Coot
Coot
(koōt)
, Noun.
1.
(Zool.)
(a)
A wading bird with lobate toes, of the genus
. Fulica
. The common European or bald coot is Fulica atra
(see under bald
); the American is Fulica Americana
(b)
The surf duck or scoter. In the United States all the species of (
“As simple as a coot.” Œdemia
are called coots. See Scoter
. Halliwell.
2.
A stupid fellow; a simpleton;
as, a silly
. coot
[Colloq.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Coot
COOT
,Noun.
Definition 2024
coot
coot
English
A coot
Noun
coot (plural coots)
- Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.
- (colloquial) A foolish or eccentric fellow
- A silly coot.
- An old coot
- A rich coot
- 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VII:
- “You'll be able now to give it as your considered opinion that [Wilbert Cream] is as loony as a coot, Sir Roderick.” A pause ensued during which [the psychiatrist] appeared to be weighing this, possibly thinking back to coots he had met in the course of his professional career and trying to estimate their dippiness as compared with that of W. Cream.
- (slang, with the) A success; something excellent.
- Man that song's the coot.
- Would be the coot if we could go this weekend!
- (slang) Body louse.
Derived terms
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Related terms
- (bird): fulicine
Translations
bird
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