"cooty" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-cooty.ogg [Australia] Forms: cootier [comparative], cootiest [superlative]
Etymology: coot + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|coot|y}} coot + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} cooty (comparative cootier, superlative cootiest)
  1. (slang) Afflicted with body lice or coots. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-cooty-en-adj-E5OByquK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 62 38

Noun

Audio: En-au-cooty.ogg [Australia] Forms: cooties [plural]
Etymology: coot + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|coot|y}} coot + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} cooty (plural cooties)
  1. Alternative spelling of cootie Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: cootie
    Sense id: en-cooty-en-noun-sUJMXQRu

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