coit

• IPA^(key): /kɔɪt/

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See quoit.

coit (plural coits)

1. Obsolete form of quoit.
   • 1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall. […], new edition, London: […] B. Law, […]; Penzance, Cornwall: J. Hewett, published 1769, →OCLC:

     children make use of in playing at coits

coit (third-person singular simple present coits, present participle coiting, simple past and past participle coited)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To throw.

   to coit a stone

• “coit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Back-formation from coitus.

coit

1. Synonym of coition

coit (third-person singular simple present coits, present participle coiting, simple past and past participle coited)

1. (rare) to copulate; to mate

• coitize, go to bed with, sleep with; see also Thesaurus:copulate with

• -otic, Tico, Toci, otic

Learned borrowing from Latin coitus.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkɔjt]

coit m (plural coits)

1. coitus

• coital

• “coit” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

coit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of coeō

Borrowed from French coït.

coit n (plural coituri)

1. sexual intercourse