noun
Meaning 1
A company or partnership.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
cahoot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /kəˈhuːt/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /kəˈhut/
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rhymes with -uːt
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CMU ARPABET: K AH0 HH UW1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Chiefly preceded by in: a group of people working together, chiefly for a nefarious reason; hence, a collaboration or collusion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cahoots
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An accomplice, a partner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To act in partnership.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, uncommon
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
collusion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- in cahoots with
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: connivance, collusion
History
Etymology
For the noun, see cahoots. The verb is derived from the noun.