cootie
noun
coo·tie
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Definition of cootie
Examples of cootie in a Sentence
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The seats will be movable, positioned far enough apart so driver and passenger don't need to trade cooties. — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, "The Lotus Type 130 Is a Lean, Mean Electric Hypercar Debuting on July 16," 31 May 2019 And swaths of West’s celebrity follower-base responded to his tweets by clicking unfollow, likely fearing the virtual transmission of career-threatening Trump cooties. — Michael Andor Brodeur, BostonGlobe.com, "What do Donald Trump and Kanye West see in each other? The answer is clear.," 26 Apr. 2018 The feminization of ambisexual terms seems to me to reflect the logic of cooties. — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, "When words get ‘girl cooties’," 31 May 2018 And relationship advice (even though they're supposed to believe in cooties). — Samantha Brodsky, Good Housekeeping, "Adults Reveal the Meanest Things Kids Have Ever Said," 18 Aug. 2017 Whether those respondents were looking for something cheaper, bigger, gadgetier, or merely free of other people's cooties, builders responded to that new demand. — Daniel Mcginn, WIRED, "Home Sweet Gadget: How Our Technolust Helped Bring Down the Housing Market," 24 Dec. 2007These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'cootie.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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cootie
noun
English Language Learners Definition of cootie
US, informal
: a type of small insect that lives in people's hair
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cootie
noun
coo·tie
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