1syllable
cooties
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Definitions ofcooties
1noun
- A louse (Pediculus humanus).
- A louse (Pediculus humanus).
- (usually in the plural) Any germ or contaminant, real or imagined, especially from the opposite gender (for pre-pubescent children).
Example: "I’m not drinking from his glass until I wash the cooties off it."
- A nest-building female American coot (counterpart to cooter).
- A sideswiper, a type of telegraph key.
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