coot

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(English)

Etimologie

Din engleza medie cote < de origine incertă.

Înrudit cu neerlandeză koet.

Pronunție

• AFI: /kuːt/

Substantiv

coot, pl. coots

1. (ornit.) lișiță
2. (fam.) găgăuță, tâmpit

   A silly coot.

3. (argou, urmărit de the) reușită, succes, ceva minunat
4. (argou) păduche

Sinonime

• 2: simpleton
• 4: body louse

Cuvinte compuse

• American coot
• Andean coot
• Caribbean coot
• Eurasian coot
• giant coot
• Hawaiian coot
• horned coot
• mascarene coot
• red-fronted coot
• red-gartered coot
• red-knobbed coot
• white-winged coot

Expresii

• bald as a coot
• cracked as a coot
• crazy as a coot
• daft as a coot
• daffy as a coot
• deaf as a coot
• dizzy as a coot
• drunk as a coot
• gay as a coot
• happy as a coot
• old coot
• loony as a coot
• mad as a coot
• pissed as a coot
• queer as a coot
• rich coot
• silly as a coot
• simple as a coot

Vezi și

• fulicine

Referințe

• Dictionary.com
• Wiktionary