Cootie Definition

ko͝otē
noun
A body louse.
American Heritage Medicine

Louse.

Webster's New World
(North America, colloquial) A louse.
Wiktionary

(North America, colloquial, childish, usually plural) Any germ or contaminant, real or imagined, especially from the opposite gender (for pre-pubescent children).

I’m not drinking from his glass until I wash the cooties off it.
Wiktionary
(rare) A nest-building female American Coot (counterpart to cooter).
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Cootie

Noun

Singular:
cootie
Plural:
cooties

Origin of Cootie

  • 1917, from British army slang during World War I, probably from Malay kutu (“flea, louse”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Probably from Malay kutu

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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Words Starting With

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