"cooze" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kuːz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cooze.wav [Southern-England] Forms: coozes [plural]
Rhymes: -uːz Etymology: Uncertain, but compare Danish kusse (“vagina”), Persian کس (kos, “vagina”), vernacular Arabic كُس (kus, “vagina”), and Northern Kurdish qûz (“vagina”). The term may have been introduced to the United States after the Second World War by servicemen who fought in north Africa, but it already existed as a slang term in the blues community as early as 1929. Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{cog|da|kusse||vagina}} Danish kusse (“vagina”), {{cog|fa|کس||vagina|tr=kos}} Persian کس (kos, “vagina”), {{cog|ar|كُس|t=vagina}} Arabic كُس (kus, “vagina”), {{cog|kmr|qûz||vagina}} Northern Kurdish qûz (“vagina”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} cooze (plural coozes)
  1. (slang, vulgar) Pussy, vagina. Tags: slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-cooze-en-noun-tbn2Ywex
  2. (slang, derogatory) A woman (often when viewed as an object of sexual desire). Tags: derogatory, slang
    Sense id: en-cooze-en-noun-VzehWsPF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71

Inflected forms

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