coot

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coot /kuːt/ noun [countableC]

1. HBBa small black and white water bird with a short beak 白骨顶〔一种水鸟〕

2 old coot STRANGEINSULT American EnglishAmE informal an old man who you think is strange or unpleasant 怪老头

a miserable mean old coot

一个乖戾、小气的怪老头

Examples from the Corpus

old coot• Taking off your clothes for an old coot like him?• He's a crazy old coot.• She thought Mrs Magendanz had seen the old coot staggering around the house and screaming abuse at her.• We had the tar right there, just throw the old coot ill and cook him and use him for fill.• And by the way, old coot, cough up $ 200 for our trouble.

Examples from the Corpus

coot• He was a good player but bald as a coot.• A coot sat fidgeting on a bulky nest construction, flicking stems out of the way, pushing a twig into position.• On deeper water teal, mallard and great crested grebes bobbed and coots squawked and chased each other noisily.• Currently, an estimated 300 to 500 geese, ducks and coots live there.• Rain sheeted down on gad wall, tufted duck, coot and mallard.• We had the tar right there, just throw the old coot ill and cook him and use him for fill.• And by the way, old coot, cough up $ 200 for our trouble.• Its surface is broken with coots, paddling away, dipping their beaks and twitching the water down their throats.

Origin coot

(1200-1300) Perhaps from Middle Dutch coet

coot noun

Chinese

Corpus

BNC: 36222 COCA: 27518

coot

Birds that live near rivers and lakes: bittern, coot, crane...

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