cooter

See also: Cooter

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkutɚ/

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

cooter (plural cooters)

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

See also

• Cooter Brown

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Possibly identical to Etymology 1, above; 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)”)