Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cooze

/kuːz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English

Syllables
cooze
IPA
/kuːz/
16
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Pussy, vagina.

Slang

noun

A woman (often when viewed as an object of sexual desire).

Derogatory; Slang

name

A surname.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Uncertain, but compare Danish kusse (“vagina”), Persian کس (kos, “vagina”), vernacular Arabic كُس (kus, “vagina”), and Northern Kurdish qûz (“vagina”). The term may have been introduced to the United States after the Second World War by servicemen who fought in north Africa, but it already existed as a slang term in the blues community as early as 1929.

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Questions

How do you pronounce cooze?
The recorded pronunciation is /kuːz/.
What does cooze mean?
Pussy, vagina.
Where does cooze come from?
Uncertain, but compare Danish kusse (“vagina”), Persian کس (kos, “vagina”), vernacular Arabic كُس (kus, “vagina”), and Northern Kurdish qûz (“vagina”). The term may have been introduced to the United States after the Second World War by servicemen who fought in north Africa, but it already existed as a slang term in the blues community as early as 1929.

How to pronounce cooze

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