coot

engleză

(English)

Etimologie

Din engleza medie cote < de origine incertă.

Înrudit cu neerlandeză koet.

Pronunție

  • AFI: /kuːt/


Substantiv

coot, pl. coots

  1. (ornit.) lișiță
  2. (fam.) găgăuță, tâmpit
    A silly coot.
  3. (argou, urmărit de the) reușită, succes, ceva minunat
  4. (argou) păduche

Sinonime

  • 2: simpleton
  • 4: body louse

Cuvinte compuse

  • American coot
  • Andean coot
  • Caribbean coot
  • Eurasian coot
  • giant coot
  • Hawaiian coot
  • horned coot
  • mascarene coot
  • red-fronted coot
  • red-gartered coot
  • red-knobbed coot
  • white-winged coot

Expresii

  • bald as a coot
  • cracked as a coot
  • crazy as a coot
  • daft as a coot
  • daffy as a coot
  • deaf as a coot
  • dizzy as a coot
  • drunk as a coot
  • gay as a coot
  • happy as a coot
  • old coot
  • loony as a coot
  • mad as a coot
  • pissed as a coot
  • queer as a coot
  • rich coot
  • silly as a coot
  • simple as a coot

Vezi și

  • fulicine

Referințe

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