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# coot

«coot» in Mova's school dictionary: **a black water bird with a white beak and a white patch on…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a coot, coots)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A coot is a black water bird with a white beak and a white patch on its forehead. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coot/#m1)

2) (informal) An «old coot» is a funny or slightly rude name for a strange or grumpy old man. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coot/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In nature lessons, coots live on ponds and lakes in the UK, Europe and Australia and squabble noisily. «As bald as a coot» (UK) means completely bald, because of its white forehead patch.

### examples

- A coot dived under the water for weeds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coot/#x1)
- The coots were fighting on the pond. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coot/#x2)
- Grandad says he's as bald as a coot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coot/#x3)
- The coot has a white patch above its beak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coot/#x4)
- That old coot shouts at everyone who walks past. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coot/#x5)
- Coots build floating nests. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coot/#x6)

### note

Countable. «Old coot» is mild teasing, a bit rude.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «coot» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coot/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.