First Known Use: 1829
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cahoot
noun ca·hoot \kə-ˈhüt\
Definition of CAHOOT
: partnership, league —usually used in plural <they're in cahoots>
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Origin of CAHOOT
perhaps from French cahute cabin, hut
Rhymes with CAHOOT
acute, astute, Asyût, bear fruit, beetroot, Beirut, birthroot, bloodroot, breadfruit, butut, Canute, catsuit, cheroot, choucroute, clubroot, commute, compute, confute, crapshoot, cube root, deaf-mute, depute, dilute, dispute, dry suit, elute, en route, enroot, flight suit, folkmoot, freeboot, galoot, grapefruit, G suit, hardboot, hip boot, hirsute, imbrute, impute, jackboot, jackfruit, jumpsuit, kashruth, lawsuit, long suit, lounge suit, minute, nonsuit, offshoot, outshoot, Paiute, pantsuit, permute, playsuit, pollute, pursuit, recruit, refute, repute, salute, sans doute, seaboot, snowsuit, solute, square root, star fruit, star route, statute, strong suit, sunsuit, sweat suit, swimsuit, take root, taproot, to boot, tracksuit, trade route, transmute, tribute, uproot, volute, wet suit, zoot suit
CAHOOT Defined for Kids
cahoot
noun ca·hoot \kə-ˈhüt\
Definition of CAHOOT for Kids
: a secret partnership —usually used in pl. <They were in cahoots with the thieves.>
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