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zoot en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /zuːt/

Etymology

Ellipsis of zoot suit.

Meanings

  1. (US, slang) A zoot suit.
    • I couldn't wait for eight o'clock to get home to eat out of those soul-food pots of Ella's, then get dressed in my zoot and head for some of my friends' places in town, to lindy-hop and get high, […] 1965, Malcolm X, Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, published 2015, →ISBN, page 70:
  2. (slang) A fursuit.
    • I also told him about a fur meet in which we 'squicked a bunch of mundanes' by running around in a shopping mall in zoots, etc. 1997, Alterskunk, “Spokesfur to appear on BBC Radio”, in alt.fan.furry (Usenet):
    • It seems some Furries like zoots because they're the closest thing to a live anthro they can find. 1999, Boomer the Dog, “Fursuits appear in the strangest places...”, in alt.lifestyle.furry (Usenet):

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
zoots Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

zoot up · zooter · zooty

Relateds

zoot-suiter · zoot shirt · zoot pants · zoot suit

zoot en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /zuːt/

Etymology

Of unknown origin.

Meanings

  1. (UK, countable, slang) A marijuana cigarette.
    • How many zoots you getting out of a 3.5? I’m hearing 4 is normal🥴 2020 October 13, @_OsoSandro11, Twitter:
  2. (Trinidad-and-Tobago, countable, slang) A cigarette butt.
  3. (UK, slang, uncountable) PCP; phencyclidine.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
zoots Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

zooted · zootie · zoobie · zooted up

Synonyms

torpedo · joint · toke tube · bifter · jazz cigarette · hogger · number · bogie · muggle · hooter · zoot · doob · spiff · bifta · doobie · bone · doink · jimmy · fatty · bomber · J · exotic cheroot · giggle stick · blunt · Camberwell carrot · doinker · spliff · doober · juju · zol · roach · left-handed cigarette · phattie · reefer · bun · jay

zoot en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /zuːt/

Etymology

Of unknown origin.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive, slang) To rush around quickly; to scoot.
    • As well as allowing more and more people to zoot around the city in their cars, these roads also allowed for the improvement of public transport within Cardiff. 2015, David Collins, Gareth Bennett, The Little Book of Cardiff:
    • Lauren loves to zoot around the shopping mall. At top speed. 2011, Lauren Singer, Fred and I and a Dash of Pepper, page 51:

Forms

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zooting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
zoots Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
zooted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
zooted Tense=Past lexicographic