English Dictionary

cootie

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkuːti/

名詞

英国陸軍 古風 俗語 カナダ英語 アメリカ英語 口語 幼児語 通例複数形 稀用

(dated, British Army military slang) A louse (Pediculus humanus). / (Canada, US, colloquial) A louse (Pediculus humanus).

日本語の意味

シラミ、すなわち人間に寄生する小さな吸血性の節足動物（Pediculus humanus）。 / 英国軍の古いスラングや北米の口語表現として使われる、同じくシラミを指す。

After the inspection, the corporal joked about finding a cootie in the back of the bunk.

点検の後、伍長は寝台の奥でシラミを見つけたと冗談を言った。

意味（1）

(dated, British Army military slang) A louse (Pediculus humanus).

意味（2）

(Canada, US, colloquial) A louse (Pediculus humanus).

Tell Rilla I'm glad her war-baby is turning out so well, and tell Susan that I'm fighting a good fight against both Huns and cooties. Mrs. Dr. dear, whispered Susan solemnly, what are cooties? Mrs. Blythe whispered back and then said in reply to Susan's horrified ejaculations, It's always like that in the trenches, Susan. Susan shook her head and went away in grim silence to re-open a parcel she had sewed up for Jem and slip in a fine tooth comb.

意味（3）

(Canada, US, colloquial, childish, usually in the plural) Any germ or contaminant, real or imagined, especially from the opposite gender (for pre-pubescent children).

I’m not drinking from his glass until I wash the cooties off it.

意味（4）

(rare) A nest-building female American coot (counterpart to cooter).

意味（5）

(rare, slang) A sideswiper, a type of telegraph key.

cooties （ plural ）