cahoots

Meaning

Noun

1. (plural, plural-normally) Chiefly preceded by in: collaboration or collusion, chiefly for a nefarious reason.
2. (form-of, plural, plural-normally, uncommon) plural of cahoot (“a company or partnership; a group of people working together, chiefly for a nefarious reason, hence, a collaboration or collusion; an accomplice, partner”)

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of cahoot

cahoot

• Noun
• Verb

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Translations

التواطؤ

bündnis

Teilhaberschaften

τα κάνω πλακάκια

ligue

combutta

bondgenootschap

trama

acordo secreto

conivência

conluio

ortak olmak

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kəˈhuːts/

Etymology

Cognate with Middle French: quahute

In summary

PIE word
*ḱóm
From earlier cahoot + -s (suffix forming regular plurals of nouns). Cahoot is probably borrowed:
* from French cahute (“hut, shack”), from Dutch kajuit (“cabin on a ship”), from Middle Low German kajüte, probably from Middle Dutch kayhute; further etymology uncertain, possibly borrowed from Old French *cahute, chahute (whence Middle French quahute), a blend of cabane (“cabin, hut, shack”) + hute (“hut”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to conceal, hide; to cover; hide, skin”)); or
* from French cohorte (“group of people supporting the same person or thing, cohort”), from Latin cohors (“cohort; crowd”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by; near; with”) + *ǵʰer- (“to enclose”) (and if so, a doublet of cohort).