coot

kuːt

Definition

Definition of coot - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

behaviorfoolish or eccentric person often an old man

He's a lovable old coot with many stories.

dotard

geezer

birdsaquatic bird with black feathers and white forehead

The coot swam gracefully across the pond.

moorhen

waterhen

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aquatic bird with black feathers and white forehead

Expressions with coot

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bald as a coot

adj.

completely bald without any hair on the head

He shaved his head and is now bald as a coot.

old coot

old man who is eccentric or cranky

The old coot yelled at the kids on his lawn.

Origin of coot

Middle Low German, kote (cottage)

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mud hen

animal

bird found in marshes like the American coot

Blue Peter

bird

American coot bird species

cootie

bird

female American coot

Examples of coot in a sentence

Everyone in town knows him as the coot with strange habits.
A coot was nesting by the lake's edge.
We spotted a coot diving for food.

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French:excentrique, foulque, ...
German:kauziger Alter, Blässhuhn, ...
Italian:svitato, folaga, ...
Spanish:chiflado, focha, ...
Portuguese:velhote, galeirão, ...
Chinese:老怪人, 黑水鸡, ...
Japanese:変わり者, オオバン, ...
Arabic:عَجُوز أَحْمَق, غَرّ, ...
Hebrew:זָקֵן תִּמְהוֹנִי, סוּפִית, ...
Russian:чудак, лысуха, ...
Ukrainian:дивак, лиска, ...
Hindi:सनकी बूढ़ा, कूट, ...
Bengali:খেয়ালি বুড়ো, কুট, ...
Catalan:vell xaruc, fotja, ...
Czech:podivín, lyska, ...
Danish:tosse, blishøne, ...
Dutch:zonderling, meerkoet, ...
Greek:γραφικός, φαλαρίδα, ...
Hungarian:bolondos vénember, szárcsa, ...
Khmer:បុរសចាស់ដែលចម្លែក ឬល្ងង់ខ្លៅបន្តិច, បក្សីទឹករោមខ្មៅមានថ្ងាសស, ...
Korean:괴짜 노인, 물닭, ...
Persian:پیرمردی عجیب و کمی خرفت, چنگر, ...
Polish:dziwak, łyżka czarna, ...
Portuguese (BR):velhote excêntrico, galeirão, ...
Romanian:moșneag, lișiță, ...
Swedish:gubbe, sothöna, ...
Thai:ตาแก่เพี้ยน, นกคู้ท, ...
Turkish:deli, sakarmeke, ...
Vietnamese:ông già lập dị, chim sâm cầm, ...

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