cootie

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n. Slang
A body louse.

[Probably from Malay kutu.]


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noun

A body louse. (1917 —) .
R. Buckminster Fuller The Publicitor's cheap brand of lacquer Only stuck to some cooties and fleas (1962).

[Perh. from Malay kutu biting parasitic insect.]


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Cootie can refer to:

  • Head lice (slang)
  • Cooties, a fictional disease which affects children in their early years
  • Cootie (game), a game in which each player assembles a bug from plastic parts upon the roll of a die
  • Beetle (game), the same game as above, played with pencil and paper
  • Telegraph key, alternate name for a sideswiper manual telegraph key
  • Cootie Williams, American jazz trumpeter

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - lus

Nederlands (Dutch)
(lichaams)luis

Français (French)
n. - idiot, idiotie

Deutsch (German)
n. - (Slang) Körperlaus

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ψείρα

Italiano (Italian)
pidocchio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - piolho (m) (Zool.)

Русский (Russian)
вошь

Español (Spanish)
n. - piojo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - lus (am. sl.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
虱子

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 蝨子

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (머리나 몸 등의) 이

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - シラミ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نذل, سافل, قمله‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כינת גוף‬


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Williams, Charles Melvin (American jazz trumpeter)
Rockin' in Rhythm [Jazz Hour] (1927 Album by Duke Ellington)
Expressin' the Blues (1999 Album by Various Artists)
Big Bands, Vol. 111 (1985 Music Film)