couldn't

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couldn't

/ˈkʊd.n̩t/
[ˈkʊɾ.n̩ʔ] US
[ˈkʊ̃ʔ]
[ˈkʊnʔ] Yorkshire

Sounds like cunt

verb

Could not (negative auxiliary). You couldn’t lend me a lighter, could you?

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: could not, wouldn't, absorb, account, accounting, afloat, articulate, bear, break, budge, buffalo, buy, catch, conceive, conceiving, connection

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@misc{couldn_t_2026,
  title = {couldn't},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/couldn't},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}