Coot
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kuːt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Coot is a noun meaning Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.
Meaning
Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.
More Meanings
- (UK, colloquial) A foolish or eccentric fellow
- (slang) Body louse (Pediculus humanus).
Example Sentences
A silly coot
Your clerks would come in and see you aswingin' and aswayin' there and one of them would say: "Well, the old coot's hung himself!"
Once more he thought aloud. / "Tom wouldn't lie to me, so it wasn't gin. Now, I wonder. I wonder if that old coot has got what they call 'delusions of grandeur'?"
“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.
Word Forms
- coots
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include clam, lunatic, crazy, crazed, insane, nitwit.
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