as in geezer
Related Words
Relevance
Dissimilar Words
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of coot
The university spent the next decade restoring the property into a wetland to reduce flooding in nearby neighborhoods and create habitat for waterfowl like mallards, coots, and Canada geese.
—
Stephanie Hanes, Christian Science Monitor, 5 May 2025
One Bird Nest, 30 Years of Trash: A coot’s nest reveals that what humans throw away doesn’t really go away.
—Gennaro Tomma, New York Times, 1 May 2025
He’s given the Heisman by a crusty old coot guarding the entrance.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2025
Is the abundance of plastic in Eurasian coot nests necessarily bad?
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for coot
Stephanie Hanes, Christian Science Monitor, 5 May 2025
One Bird Nest, 30 Years of Trash: A coot’s nest reveals that what humans throw away doesn’t really go away.
—Gennaro Tomma, New York Times, 1 May 2025
He’s given the Heisman by a crusty old coot guarding the entrance.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2025
Is the abundance of plastic in Eurasian coot nests necessarily bad?
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for coot
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coot
Noun
-
Figgis interviews Coppola several times, also speaking with key cast members (especially LaBeouf and a cheeky Aubrey Plaza), as well as a few long-time collaborators like George Lucas, who doesn’t expect anything less from his old friend and fellow Hollywood maverick.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Aug. 2025
-
Thinkers, surveyors, and religious mavericks, the House of Pynchon had settled into middle-class respectability by the time this Thomas Ruggles Pynchon was born.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
-
This judgement is mine, for Herzog is far subtler and more ambivalent in his framing of Boyes, not fully suggesting in this film — made for the National Geographic with Disney money — that his subject is a loon but, equally, not leaving that interpretation off the table.—
Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
28 Aug. 2025
-
The 600-acre pond is surrounded by private property and is home to loons, smallmouth bass and other aquatic life.—
Faith Karimi,
CNN Money,
17 July 2025
Cite this Entry
“Coot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coot. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share