zoot

plural zoots

1. USslangA zoot suit.

   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, […]

   1965, Malcolm X, Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, published 2015, →ISBN, page 70

2. slanglifestyleA fursuit.

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

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

   1 more example

   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.

   1997, Alterskunk, “Spokesfur to appear on BBC Radio”, in alt.fan.furry (Usenet)

plural zoots

1. UKcountableslangA marijuana cigarette.

   How many zoots you getting out of a 3.5? I’m hearing 4 is normal🥴

   2020 October 13, @_OsoSandro11, Twitter

   Synonyms: bifta, bifter, blunt, bogie, bomber, bone, bun, Camberwell carrot

2. Trinidad and TobagocountableslangA cigarette butt.
3. UKslanguncountablePCP; phencyclidine.

present singular third person zoots · participle present zooting · participle past zooted · past zooted

1. intransitiveslangTo rush around quickly; to scoot.

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

   2011, Lauren Singer, Fred and I and a Dash of Pepper, page 51

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   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.

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