coot:

(plural: ‘coots‘; pronunciation: the letter ‘c’ is said with a ‘k’ sound)

a foolish, odd and annoying person; an eccentric old man,

a typical coot

e.g.

Robert is an old coot; he never allows anybody break a rule in his presence, and never allows a couple to hug and cuddle when there are others near-by.

The old fellows at the park are real mean old coots. When young women sit beside them, they make passes as if it were by accident and when the women leave, they laugh out aloud, drooling all over!

Most children think their grandparents are just old coots who do not know what is what, but who are meddlesome, poking their noses into others’ affairs.

a mean old coot bottom-pinching a young woman!

 

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Note: ‘Coot’ and ‘Coots’, always with a capital ‘C’, are commonly found in the names of people, e.g. Helen Coot, Coot Veal, and Colin Coots, Christie Coots, etc.

 

A more common meaning is a water bird, called ‘coot‘.

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