"zoot" meaning in English

See zoot in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /zuːt/ Audio: En-au-zoot.ogg [Australia] Forms: zoots [plural]
Rhymes: -uːt Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} zoot (countable and uncountable, plural zoots)
  1. (US, slang) A zoot suit. Tags: US, countable, slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Clothing, Smoking
    Sense id: en-zoot-en-noun-WqL5A1jt Disambiguation of Clothing: 86 2 3 0 0 10 Disambiguation of Smoking: 45 8 23 2 7 15 Categories (other): American English
  2. (UK, slang) A marijuana cigarette. Tags: UK, countable, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-zoot-en-noun-YNG9tHsi Categories (other): British English
  3. (UK, slang, uncountable) PCP; phencyclidine. Tags: UK, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-zoot-en-noun-Q2MPXdB1 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 15 58 1 5 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 10 10 70 1 4 5
  4. (Trinidad and Tobago, slang) A cigarette butt. Tags: Trinidad-and-Tobago, countable, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-zoot-en-noun-0Tx7VkqM Categories (other): Trinidad and Tobago English
  5. (fandom slang) A fursuit. Tags: countable, slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Furry fandom
    Sense id: en-zoot-en-noun-30DDL7O- Disambiguation of Furry fandom: 15 8 26 2 46 4 Topics: lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: zoot suit, zoot-suiter

Verb

IPA: /zuːt/ Audio: En-au-zoot.ogg [Australia] Forms: zoots [present, singular, third-person], zooting [participle, present], zooted [participle, past], zooted [past]
Rhymes: -uːt Head templates: {{en-verb}} zoot (third-person singular simple present zoots, present participle zooting, simple past and past participle zooted)
  1. (intransitive, slang) To rush around quickly; to scoot. Tags: intransitive, slang
    Sense id: en-zoot-en-verb-nH6erb9h

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for zoot meaning in English (5.5kB)

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