Definition of cootie in English:

cootie

noun ˈkuːtiˈkudi

North American informal

A body louse.
〈北美，非正式〉虱子

Origin

First World War: perhaps from Malay kutu, denoting a parasitic biting insect.

Rhymes

agouti, beauty, booty, cutie, Djibouti, duty, fluty, rooty, snooty, tutti-frutti

Definition of cootie in US English:

cootie

nounˈkudiˈko͞odē

North American informal

1A body louse.
〈北美，非正式〉虱子
1. 1.1US A children's term for an imaginary germ or repellent quality transmitted by obnoxious or slovenly people.
  Example sentencesExamples
  And little girls had cooties back then so I was very uninterested.
  As far as I'm concerned, this whole room is contaminated with roach cooties.
  Cliff, I met you when I was at that age where boys had cooties and anyone who touched them got them.
  One, you forgive me - I was acting like a stupid ten-year-old concerned with cooties.
  They had been best friends since they were five, briefly had a period where they had thought the other had cooties, become friends again, dated, fallen out, become friends again and had arrived here.
  ‘Ewww,’ I said like a 5 year old girl who believes she just got cooties.
  Soon after they were lost to the belief in cooties.
  I mean, my only boyfriend had been a fifth grader, and at that age, cooties were still a rampant impediment between boy-girl relationships.
  And in appropriate prepubescent fashion, Taylor had rejected her kind offer, eschewing all girlish people as incarnations of the devil themselves; ready to cast their spell of cooties all over his body.
  And so the cooties and the cootie carriers were the enemy, otherwise labeled as ‘yucky.’
  They boys jumped off the bed, not wanting girl cooties.
  You know, the one where the opposite sex has cooties?
  I'd have preferred to be stuck in that age again, where boys were seen for what they really were, germs and cooties.
  And what would make you think that boys have cooties?
  I was across the playground when it happened because when you're in fourth grade girls still have cooties.
  ‘He doesn't,’ Shelley said firmly, ‘Besides, don't you think boys have cooties?’
  Oh, and you finally don't feel stupid talking to boys, and you're pretty sure that they don't have cooties.
  Then she timidly put forth the question that was bothering her: ‘Aren't you afraid of getting cooties?’
  After all, she would hang out with guys, who, to me, still had cooties.
  They're just a bunch of stupid boys, anyway,’ she said with all the defiance of a small girl who still believed in cooties.

Origin

First World War: perhaps from Malay kutu, denoting a parasitic biting insect.

单词	cootie
释义	Definition of cootie in English: cootie noun ˈkuːtiˈkudi North American informal A body louse. 〈北美，非正式〉虱子 Origin First World War: perhaps from Malay kutu, denoting a parasitic biting insect. Rhymes agouti, beauty, booty, cutie, Djibouti, duty, fluty, rooty, snooty, tutti-frutti Definition of cootie in US English: cootie nounˈkudiˈko͞odē North American informal 1A body louse. 〈北美，非正式〉虱子 1.1US A children's term for an imaginary germ or repellent quality transmitted by obnoxious or slovenly people. Example sentencesExamples And little girls had cooties back then so I was very uninterested. As far as I'm concerned, this whole room is contaminated with roach cooties. Cliff, I met you when I was at that age where boys had cooties and anyone who touched them got them. One, you forgive me - I was acting like a stupid ten-year-old concerned with cooties. They had been best friends since they were five, briefly had a period where they had thought the other had cooties, become friends again, dated, fallen out, become friends again and had arrived here. ‘Ewww,’ I said like a 5 year old girl who believes she just got cooties. Soon after they were lost to the belief in cooties. I mean, my only boyfriend had been a fifth grader, and at that age, cooties were still a rampant impediment between boy-girl relationships. And in appropriate prepubescent fashion, Taylor had rejected her kind offer, eschewing all girlish people as incarnations of the devil themselves; ready to cast their spell of cooties all over his body. And so the cooties and the cootie carriers were the enemy, otherwise labeled as ‘yucky.’ They boys jumped off the bed, not wanting girl cooties. You know, the one where the opposite sex has cooties? I'd have preferred to be stuck in that age again, where boys were seen for what they really were, germs and cooties. And what would make you think that boys have cooties? I was across the playground when it happened because when you're in fourth grade girls still have cooties. ‘He doesn't,’ Shelley said firmly, ‘Besides, don't you think boys have cooties?’ Oh, and you finally don't feel stupid talking to boys, and you're pretty sure that they don't have cooties. Then she timidly put forth the question that was bothering her: ‘Aren't you afraid of getting cooties?’ After all, she would hang out with guys, who, to me, still had cooties. They're just a bunch of stupid boys, anyway,’ she said with all the defiance of a small girl who still believed in cooties. Origin First World War: perhaps from Malay kutu, denoting a parasitic biting insect.
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