Coot vs Toot - What's the difference?
coot | toot |
Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.
(colloquial) A stupid fellow; a simpleton
* An old coot
* A rich coot
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A success; something excellent.
* Man that song's the coot .
* Would be the coot if we could go this weekend!
(slang) Body louse.
The noise of a horn or whistle.
(by extension, informal) A fart; flatus.
(uncountable, slang) Cocaine.
(informal) A spree of drunkness.
To stand out, or be prominent.
To peep; to look narrowly.
* Spenser
To see; to spy.
To flatulate.
To make the sound of a horn or whistle.
* Thackeray
To cause a horn or whistle to make its sound.
To go on a drinking binge.
As nouns the difference between coot and toot
is that coot is any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead while toot is the noise of a horn or whistle.As a verb toot is
to stand out, or be prominent.coot
English
(wikipedia coot) (Fulica)Noun
(en noun)- A silly coot .
Derived terms
(bird species) * American coot, Fulica americana * Andean coot, Fulica ardesiaca * Caribbean coot, Fulica caribaea * Eurasian coot, Fulica atra * giant coot, Fulica gigantea * Hawaiian coot, Fulica alai * horned coot, Fulica cornuta * mascarene coot, * red-fronted coot, Fulica rufifrons * red-gartered coot, Fulica armillata * red-knobbed coot, Fulica cristata * white-winged coot, Fulica leucoptera * bald as a coot * cracked as a coot * crazy as a coot * daft as a coot * daffy as a coot * deaf as a coot * dizzy as a coot * drunk as a coot * gay as a coot * happy as a coot * old coot * loony as a coot * mad as a coot * pissed as a coot * queer as a coot * rich coot * silly as a coot * simple as a coottoot
English
Alternative forms
* tout (in some verb senses only)Noun
(en noun)- He gave a little toot of the horn, to get their attention.
Derived terms
* on a tootVerb
(en verb)- (Howell)
- (Latimer)
- for birds in bushes tooting
- Tooting horns and rattling teams of mail coaches.