zootとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

zoot (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 zoots)

1. (US, slang) A zoot suit.
   • 1965, Malcolm X, Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, published 2015, →ISBN, page 70:

     I couldn't wait for eight o'clock to get home to eat out of those soul-food pots of Ella's, then get dressed in my zoot and head for some of my friends' places in town, to lindy-hop and get high, […]

2. (UK, slang) A marijuana cigarette.
3. (UK, slang, uncountable) PCP; phencyclidine.
4. (Trinidad かつ Tobago, slang) A cigarette butt.
5. (fandom slang) A fursuit.
   • 1997, Alterskunk, “Spokesfur to appear on BBC Radio”, in alt.fan.furry (Usenet):

     I also told him about a fur meet in which we 'squicked a bunch of mundanes' by running around in a shopping mall in zoots, etc.

   • 1999, Boomer the Dog, “Fursuits appear in the strangest places...”, in alt.lifestyle.furry (Usenet):

     It seems some Furries like zoots because they're the closest thing to a live anthro they can find.

関連する語

• zoot suit
• zoot-suiter

動詞

zoot (三人称単数 現在形 zoots, 現在分詞 zooting, 過去形および過去分詞形 zooted)

1. (intransitive, slang) To rush around quickly; to scoot.
   • 2011, Lauren Singer, Fred and I and a Dash of Pepper, page 51:

     Lauren loves to zoot around the shopping mall. At top speed.

   • 2015, David Collins, Gareth Bennett, The Little Book of Cardiff:

     As well as allowing more and more people to zoot around the city in their cars, these roads also allowed for the improvement of public transport within Cardiff.

参照

• Dalzell, Tom; Terry Victor (2008) The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (in English), London and New York: Routledge, →ISBN