Associations to the word «Cootie»

COOTIE, noun. (dated) (British Army military slang) A louse.

COOTIE, noun. (North America) (colloquial) A louse.

COOTIE, noun. (North America) (colloquial) (childish) (usually plural) Any germ or contaminant, real or imagined, especially from the opposite gender (for pre-pubescent children).

COOTIE, noun. (rare) A nest-building female American Coot (counterpart to cooter).

COOTIE, noun. (rare) A slang term for a sideswiper, a type of telegraph key.

COOTIE CATCHER, noun. (informal) A form of origami with fortunes written on the folds, used in children's fortune-telling games.

COOTIE CATCHERS, noun. Plural of cootie catcher

COOTIE, noun. A parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings.