Coot

Definitions

1. Body louse (Pediculus humanus).
   slang
2. Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.
3. A foolish or eccentric fellow
   UK, colloquial

Equivalents

33 more languages

العربيةالطير المائيغرة

Azərbaycan diliqaşqaldaq

Българскили́ска

Bosanskiliskaлиска

Catalàfotja

Češtinalyska

Cymraegcwtiar

Danskblishøne

Ελληνικάφαλαρίδα

Esperantoakvokokofuliko

Eestilauk

فارسیخشنسار

Suominokikana

Gaeilgecearc cheannanncoileach ceannann

Galegocotorzagaliñola

Hrvatskiliskaлиска

Magyarszárcsa

Italianofolaga

日本語おおばん大鷭

Қазақ тіліқасқалдақ

한국어물닭

Latinafulica

Nederlandskoet

Polskiłyska

Portuguêsgaleirão

Românălișiță

Русскийлыскалысу́ха

Slovenčinalyska

Shqipbajzë

Српскиliskaлиска

Svenskasothöna

Türkçesakarmekesu tavuğu

Tiếng Việtsâm cầm

Examples

“A silly coot”

“An old coot”

“A rich coot”

“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'?"”

“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!"”

““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.”

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