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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkuːti/ Audio: En-au-cootie.ogg Forms: cooties [plural]
Rhymes: -uːti Etymology: Probably from Malay kutu (“flea, louse”) (and/or Tagalog/Maori). First attested in English in 1917 as British army slang during World War I. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ms|kutu||flea, louse}} Malay kutu (“flea, louse”), {{der|en|tl|-}} Tagalog, {{der|en|mi|-}} Maori Head templates: {{en-noun}} cootie (plural cooties)
  1. (dated, British Army military slang) A louse (Pediculus humanus). Tags: British-Army, dated, slang
    Sense id: en-cootie-en-noun-6BGzQy83 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 27 11 31 1 2 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 20 27 20 33 1 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  2. (Canada, US, colloquial) A louse (Pediculus humanus). Tags: Canada, US, colloquial
    Sense id: en-cootie-en-noun-6BGzQy831 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, Pages with 2 entries, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 27 11 31 1 2 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 20 27 20 33 1
  3. (Canada, US, Australia, colloquial, childish, usually in the plural) Any germ or contaminant, real or imagined, especially from the opposite gender (for pre-pubescent children). Tags: Australia, Canada, US, childish, colloquial, plural-normally Hyponyms (germ or contaminant): boy germ, girl germ Translations (childish: germ or contaminant): breberky [feminine, plural] (Czech), drengelus (english: boys) (Danish), pigelus (english: girls) (Danish), tyttöbakteeri (Finnish), tyttöpöpö (english: girl germ) (Finnish), poikabakteeri (Finnish), poikapöpö (english: boy germ) (Finnish), baci (Hungarian), fiúbaci (english: boy germ) (Hungarian), lánybaci (english: girl germ) (Hungarian), guttelus (english: boys) (Norwegian), jentelus (english: girls) (Norwegian), tjejbacill [common-gender] (Swedish), killbacill [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-cootie-en-noun-en:childishly_imaginary_contaminant_or_pathogen Categories (other): American English, Australian English, Canadian English, Pages with 2 entries, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 27 11 31 1 2 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 20 27 20 33 1 Disambiguation of 'germ or contaminant': 8 8 69 15 0 Disambiguation of 'childish: germ or contaminant': 10 11 62 16 1
  4. (rare) A nest-building female American coot (counterpart to cooter). Tags: rare Categories (topical): Pseudoscience Categories (lifeform): Lice
    Sense id: en-cootie-en-noun-dQGM72c3 Disambiguation of Pseudoscience: 14 14 23 34 14 Disambiguation of Lice: 26 26 12 36 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 24 18 38 0 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 18 27 36 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 27 11 31 1 2 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 21 14 40 1 2 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 19 25 23 31 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 15 24 25 36 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 25 21 34 1 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 19 18 44 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 18 24 22 33 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 19 27 20 33 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 20 27 20 33 1
  5. (rare, slang) A sideswiper, a type of telegraph key. Tags: rare, slang
    Sense id: en-cootie-en-noun-ZallQgSS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cootie catcher, crazy as a cootie, crazy as a cootie bug Related terms: lurgy

Adjective [Scots]

Etymology: Possibly from coot (“ankle”). Head templates: {{head|sco|adjective}} cootie
  1. Having feathers on the legs. Categories (topical): Cookware and bakeware
    Sense id: en-cootie-sco-adj-euihiNWy Disambiguation of Cookware and bakeware: 47 53 Categories (other): Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Scots]

Forms: cooties [plural]
Etymology: Diminutive of cood possibly influenced by kittie (“a large washing-chamber”). Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|||plural|cooties|||||cat2=|cat3=|head=}} cootie (plural cooties), {{sco-noun}} cootie (plural cooties)
  1. (obsolete) A wooden dish or tub for kitchen use. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Cookware and bakeware
    Sense id: en-cootie-sco-noun-v39y3RjR Disambiguation of Cookware and bakeware: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "cootie catcher"
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        {
          "text": "I’m not drinking from his glass until I wash the cooties off it.",
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        "Any germ or contaminant, real or imagined, especially from the opposite gender (for pre-pubescent children)."
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        "(Canada, US, Australia, colloquial, childish, usually in the plural) Any germ or contaminant, real or imagined, especially from the opposite gender (for pre-pubescent children)."
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        "A nest-building female American coot (counterpart to cooter)."
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        "(rare) A nest-building female American coot (counterpart to cooter)."
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        "(rare, slang) A sideswiper, a type of telegraph key."
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "childish: germ or contaminant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
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      "word": "breberky"
    },
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      "sense": "childish: germ or contaminant",
      "word": "drengelus"
    },
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      "word": "pigelus"
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      "sense": "childish: germ or contaminant",
      "word": "tyttöbakteeri"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "english": "girl germ",
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      "sense": "childish: germ or contaminant",
      "word": "tyttöpöpö"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "childish: germ or contaminant",
      "word": "poikabakteeri"
    },
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      "sense": "childish: germ or contaminant",
      "word": "poikapöpö"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "childish: germ or contaminant",
      "word": "baci"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "boy germ",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "childish: germ or contaminant",
      "word": "fiúbaci"
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      "code": "hu",
      "english": "girl germ",
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      "sense": "childish: germ or contaminant",
      "word": "lánybaci"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "english": "boys",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "childish: germ or contaminant",
      "word": "guttelus"
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      "code": "nb",
      "english": "girls",
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      "sense": "childish: germ or contaminant",
      "word": "jentelus"
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "childish: germ or contaminant",
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      "word": "tjejbacill"
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    "Cooties"
  ],
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}

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        "A wooden dish or tub for kitchen use."
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        "(obsolete) A wooden dish or tub for kitchen use."
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
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        {
          "text": "a cootie hen"
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}

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