cooter
See also: Cooter
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Gullah cootuh (“turtle”), from an African language, e.g. Bambara kuta (“turtle”). Attested in English from the 19th century.[1]
Noun edit
cooter (plural cooters)
- A freshwater turtle of the eastern United States of the genus Pseudemys.
- The box turtle.
- (slang) A redneck.
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
Uncertain. Possibly identical to Etymology 1, above;[2] compare clam, beaver. Alternatively, compare cooch from hootchy-kootchy.
Noun edit
cooter (plural cooters)
- (colloquial) Vagina or vulva.
- 2006, Tiva Wallon, A Donovan to Love, page 65:
- There was a bright red tongue tattooed over most of her cooter and there was a thick, gold ring that had been pierced through her clit.
Etymology 3 edit
See couter.
Noun edit
cooter (plural cooters)
- Alternative form of couter (“a sovereign (coin)”)
References edit
- ^ “cooter”, in Collins English Dictionary, accessed 2024-02-08.
- ^ Jonathon Green (2024) “cooter”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang