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DictionarySeebaldbald as a coot
bald as a cootTotally bald. My father had long hair as a teen, but now he's bald as a coot.See also: bald, coot*bald as a coot and *bald as a baby's backsidecompletely bald. (*Also: as ~.) If Tom's hair keeps receding like that, he'll be bald as a coot by the time he's thirty. Fred: Now, I'll admit my hair is thinning a little on the top, but—Jane: Thinning? You're not thinning, you're as bald as a baby's backside!See also: bald, cootas bald as a coot completely bald. The coot (Fulica atra) has a broad white shield extending up from the base of its bill. The history of the word bald is somewhat obscure, but analogies with other northern European languages suggest a connection with the idea of ‘having a white patch or streak’.See also: bald, coot(as) bald as a ˈcoot having no hair on your head at all: Why did you buy him a hairbrush? He’s as bald as a coot!A coot is a black bird with a white patch on its forehead that lives on or near water.See also: bald, coot |