an old coot

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• old coot — an old man, geezer    That old coot, as you call him, is a person with feelings …   English idioms

• old coot — informal a stupid or eccentric person, typically an old man. → coot …   English new terms dictionary

• coot — [ku:t] n [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: Perhaps from Middle Dutch coet] 1.) a small black and white water bird with a short beak 2.) old coot AmE informal an old man who you think is strange or unpleasant ▪ a miserable, mean old coot …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• coot — ► NOUN 1) (pl. same) an aquatic bird of the rail family with black plumage and a white bill that extends back on to the forehead as a horny shield. 2) (usu. old coot) informal a stupid or eccentric person. ORIGIN probably Dutch or Low German …   English terms dictionary

• coot, you old —    A friendly insult, comparing the person addressed (usually a man) to the water bird known as a coot, or more accurately, to one of the several birds loosely known by this name. One of them is bald, hence the proverbial ‘bald as a coot’. One is …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

• coot — noun (C) 1 a small black and white water bird with a short beak 2 old coot AmE informal an old man who you think is strange or unpleasant: crazy old coot …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• coot — noun 1》 (plural same) an aquatic bird of the rail family with black plumage and a white bill that extends back on to the forehead as a horny shield. [Fulica atra and related species.] 2》 (usu. old coot) informal a stupid or eccentric person,… …   English new terms dictionary

• Coot — 1. fool; simpleton: rich coots with tons of money ; 2. man: poor old coot ; (allusion to the bird) …   Dictionary of Australian slang

• coot — Australian Slang 1. fool; simpleton: rich coots with tons of money ; 2. man: poor old coot ; (allusion to the bird) …   English dialects glossary

• coot — [ko͞ot] n. pl. coots or coot [ME cote < ? MDu koet] 1. any of a genus (Fulica) of ducklike, freshwater birds of the rail family, with long lobed toes ☆ 2. SCOTER 3. Informal an amusing or eccentric old fellow …   English World dictionary

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