toots
[ toots ]
/ tʊts /
noun Slang.
an affectionate or familiar term of address; honey; baby (sometimes offensive when used to strangers, casual acquaintances, subordinates, etc., especially by a male to a female).
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Origin of toots
First recorded in 1940–45; toot(sie)1 + -s4
Words nearby toots
toothwort, toothy, tootle, toot one's own horn, too-too, toots, tootsie, tootsy, tootsy-wootsy, Toowoomba, top
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British Dictionary definitions for toots
toots
tootsy
/ (tʊts) /
noun plural tootses or tootsies
informal, mainly US darling; sweetheart
Word Origin for toots
C20: perhaps related to earlier dialect toot worthless person, of obscure origin
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