mootah
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Probably from Mexican Spanish mota.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmuːtə/
- Rhymes: -uːtə
Noun
mootah (uncountable)
- (US, slang) Marijuana.
- Synonyms: mooster, mootie, moto; see also Thesaurus:marijuana
- 1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “Quit Foolin’ with That Comb”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 1 (1899–1923: A Nothin’ but a Child), page 52:
- Rapp smoked his muta while he played the new guitar, and I blew on my kazoo.
Further reading
- “moota n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present