cahoots
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cahoots
- /kəˈhuːts/ UK
- /kəˈhuts/ US
Rhymes with -uːts
Where it comes from
PIE word
*ḱóm
From earlier cahoot + -s (suffix forming regular plurals of nouns). Cahoot is probably borrowed:
* from French cahute (“hut, shack”), from Dutch kajuit (“cabin on a ship”), from Middle Low German kajüte, probably from Middle Dutch kayhute; further etymology uncertain, possibly borrowed from Old French *cahute, chahute (whence Middle French quahute), a blend of cabane (“cabin, hut, shack”) + hute (“hut”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to conceal, hide; to cover; hide, skin”)); or
* from French cohorte (“group of people supporting the same person or thing, cohort”), from Latin cohors (“cohort; crowd”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by; near; with”) + *ǵʰer- (“to enclose”) (and if so, a doublet of cohort).
noun cahoot · kahootz
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Chiefly preceded by in: collaboration or collusion, chiefly for a nefarious reason.
Those two are definitely in cahoots.
Similar: cahoot
- plural of cahoot (“a company or partnership; a group of people working together, chiefly for a nefarious reason, hence, a collaboration or collusion; an accomplice, partner”)
Similar: consort
verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of cahoot
Thesaurus
noun
Similar: consort
Translations
Every language
noun collaboration or collusion, chiefly for a nefarious reason — see also collaboration, collusion
| Español | colusión |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 共謀 kyōbō |
| Português | conluio, trama |
| Français | ligue |
| Deutsch | etwas gemeinsam ausfressen |
| Italiano | combutta |
| Ελληνικά | τα κάνω πλακάκια ta káno plakákia |
| Русский | соучастник součastnik |
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title = {cahoots},
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