noun
zoot
zoot
noun
1
A boldly cut, oversized suit with wide, padded shoulders and high-waisted, tapered trousers, popular from the 1930s to 1950s.
"He showed up to the dance in a sharp zoot suit."
How to Use Zoot
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishShort for "zoot suit," a flashy, exaggerated style of suit from the swing era.
Word Forms
zooted past tense, zoots plural, zoots plural, zoots singular
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Etymology
A shortened form of "zoot suit," itself likely a jazz-slang rhyme built on the word "suit."