cooter

See also: Cooter

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkutɚ/
  • Audio (General Australian):(file)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Gullah cootuh (“turtle”), from an African language, e.g. Bambara kuta (“turtle”). Attested in English from the 19th century.[1]

Noun

cooter (plural cooters)

  1. A freshwater turtle of the eastern United States of the genus Pseudemys.
  2. A box turtle.
  3. (slang) A redneck.

See also

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Possibly identical to Etymology 1, above;[2] compare clam, beaver. Alternatively, compare cooch from hootchy-kootchy.

Noun

cooter (plural cooters)

  1. (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

See couter.

Noun

cooter (plural cooters)

  1. Alternative form of couter (“a sovereign (coin)”).

References

  1. ^ “cooter”, in Collins English Dictionary, accessed 2024-02-08.
  2. ^ “cooter”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
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