Definitions for cootie

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cootie coot·ie

Spelling: [koo-tee]

IPA: /ˈku ti/

Cootie is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 65 anagrams from letters in cootie (ceioot).

Definitions for cootie

noun

1. a louse, especially one affecting humans, as the body louse, head louse, or pubic louse.
2. a child's term for an imaginary germ or disease that one can catch by touching a person who is disliked or socially avoided:
3. a wooden container, especially a wooden bowl, for storing or serving food or drink.
4. Ben Ames [eymz] /eɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1889–1953, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
5. Bert (Egbert Austin Williams) 1876?–1922, U.S. comedian and songwriter.
6. Charles Melvin (Cootie) 1910–85, U.S. jazz trumpeter and bandleader.
7. Daniel Hale, 1858–1931, U.S. surgeon and educator: performed first successful heart surgery 1893.
8. Elizabeth ("Betty") born 1943, Northern Irish peace activist: Nobel prize 1976.
9. Emlyn [em-lin] /ˈɛm lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1905–87, Welsh playwright and actor.
10. Eric Eustace, 1911–81, Trinidadian politician: first prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago 1962–81.
11. G. Mennen [men-uh n] /ˈmɛn ən/ (Show IPA), 1911–88, U.S. politician and diplomat.
12. Hank, 1923–53, U.S. country-and-western singer, musician, and composer.
13. John Towner, born 1932, U.S. composer and conductor.
14. Ralph Vaughan, Vaughan Williams, Ralph.
15. Roger, 1603?–83, English clergyman in America: founder of Rhode Island colony 1636.
16. Serena, born 1981, U.S. tennis player (sister of Venus Williams).
17. Tennessee (Thomas Lanier Williams) 1911–83, U.S. dramatist.
18. Theodore Samuel ("Ted") 1918–2002, U.S. baseball player.
19. Venus, born 1980, U.S. tennis player (sister of Serena Williams).
20. William, 1731–1811, U.S. merchant and revolutionary statesman.
21. William Carlos [kahr-lohs] /ˈkɑr loʊs/ (Show IPA), 1883–1963, U.S. poet and novelist.

Origin of cootie

1910-15; perhaps Malay kutu biting body louse, with final syllable conformed to -ie

Examples for cootie

The worst thing about the cootie is that there is no remedy for him.

He wasn't called a cootie aboard ship, but he was the same bird.

Some of the cootie stories have become classical, like this one which was told from the North Sea to the Swiss border.

But the cootie in the front line trenches was not altogether an enemy.

Can you instruct someone how to make an origami ‘cootie catcher’ with just words?

About a year later, I wrote another piece for Slate with the headline, “ The cootie Factor.”

They found that the underwear was indeed death to the cootie.

Just as he stooped, a shell whizzed over where his head would have been if he had not gone after the cootie.

A soldier was going over the top when one of his cootie friends bit him on the calf.

There I made my first acquaintance with the now justly famous "cootie."