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• a variation of cootie.

cooty

¹ American  

[koo-tee] / ˈku ti /

noun

• cooties
  plural

1. cootie.

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cooty ² American  

[koo-tee] / ˈku ti /

noun

Scot.

• cooties
  plural

1. cootie.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• cooties
  plural

Example Sentences

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cooty cooties

There's a fortune waiting for the one who compounds a louse eradicator that will kill the cooty and not irritate or nearly kill the one who uses it.

From A Yankee in the Trenches by Holmes, Robert Derby

So far as I know, it is the only thing sold that will do the cooty in.

From A Yankee in the Trenches by Holmes, Robert Derby

You would have cashed it fer sure this time, if it hadn't been fer a despised cooty; never again will yours truly be hard on 'em.

From Love Letters of a Rookie to Julie by Stone, Barney

Any garment worn close to the body gets cooty in a few weeks and has to be ditched.

From A Yankee in the Trenches by Holmes, Robert Derby

If it is possible to get a louse pomade called Harrison's in this country, send it, as it is a cooty killer.

From A Yankee in the Trenches by Holmes, Robert Derby

By tacit agreement, everything Charles did or didn’t do was definitionally something someone with cooties would or wouldn’t do.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

They walked past me as if I had cooties, or stared with disdain from inside the restaurant like I was a chupacabra.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2024

Tucker either isn’t one to let an international viral scare spoil any party she’s throwing, or she figured her product has enough proof to kill any Coronavirus cooties.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 6, 2020

She gives a high-five to a boy in her class even after it is established among her friends that boys have cooties.

From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2019

I was fixing to call the dog and go on to school when I heard Grandpa ask Hosie if he had cooties.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns