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Definition of 'cootie'English
(Cooties)
Noun
( en-noun)
A louse.
(North America|colloquial) A louse.
* 1921 , L. M. Montgomery, Rilla of Ingleside
*:"Tell Rilla I'm glad her war-baby is turning out so well, and tell Susan that I'm fighting a good fight against both Huns and cooties ."
*:"Mrs. Dr. dear," whispered Susan solemnly, "what are cooties ?"
*:Mrs. Blythe whispered back and then said in reply to Susan's horrified ejaculations, "It's always like that in the trenches, Susan."
*:Susan shook her head and went away in grim silence to re-open a parcel she had sewed up for Jem and slip in a fine tooth comb.
(North America|colloquial|childish|usually plural) Any germ or contaminant, real or imagined, especially from the opposite gender (for pre-pubescent children).
- I’m not drinking from his glass until I wash the cooties off it.
(rare) A nest-building female American Coot (counterpart to cooter).
Derived terms
* cootie catcher
Hyponyms
* (germ or contaminant)
See also
* lurgy
Similar to 'cootie'coyote, chide, chute, caddie, chayote, chode, cuttie, cutie, choate, cowhide, couthie, citie, cytee, chaetae, coatee, chate, chaoite, coudee, cowdie, cadie, cttee, cuttee, cheatee, chattee
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