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Meaning of "cooly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COOLY

cooly  [ˈkuːlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COOLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cooly is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COOLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

cooly

Coolie

A coolie, during the 19th and early 20th century, was a label applied to a person from Asia, particularly if they were from Southern China, the Indian subcontinent, the Philippines or Indonesia. Today, it is also a contemporary racial slur for people of Asian descent, particularly in South Africa.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COOLY


Beaulieu
ˈbjuːlɪ
coolie
ˈkuːlɪ
doolie
ˈduːlɪ
douroucouli
ˌduːruːˈkuːlɪ
duly
ˈdjuːlɪ
durukuli
ˌduːruːˈkuːlɪ
guly
ˈɡjuːlɪ
hooley
ˈhuːlɪ
Luthuli
luːˈtuːlɪ
mooli
ˈmuːlɪ
muhly
ˈmuːlɪ
newly
ˈnjuːlɪ
puli
ˈpjuːlɪ
puly
ˈpuːlɪ
schoolie
ˈskuːlɪ
tabbouleh
təˈbuːlɪ
Thule
ˈθjuːlɪ
truly
ˈtruːlɪ
unduly
ʌnˈdjuːlɪ
unruly
ʌnˈruːlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COOLY

coolhouse
coolibah
Coolidge
coolie
coolies
cooling
cooling fan
cooling process
cooling rack
cooling system
cooling tower
cooling-off period
coolingly
coolish
coolist
coolly
coolness
coolth
coom

WORDS THAT END LIKE COOLY

antimonopoly
coly
drooly
duopoly
epiboly
gooly
government monopoly
grooly
holy
melancholy
moly
monopoly
natural monopoly
oligopoly
poly
roly-poly
stooly
the holy
Trichinopoly
unholy

Synonyms and antonyms of cooly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cooly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COOLY

Find out the translation of cooly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cooly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cooly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

苦力
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fríamente
570 millions of speakers

English

cooly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Cooly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ببرودة أعصاب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

хладнокровно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cooly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মুটে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

coolie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sejuk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

cooly
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

cooly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

cooly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cooly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đã bình tĩnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

cooly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

थंड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cooly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Cooly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

chłodno
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

холоднокровно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cooly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

cooly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

cooly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cooly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cooly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cooly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COOLY»

The term «cooly» is regularly used and occupies the 96.803 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COOLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cooly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COOLY»

Discover the use of cooly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cooly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons
New Cooly immigrant paying his monthly sum entitled to a receipt. What Cooly immigrants shall be exempt from monthly sums, and entitled to tickets of exemption. BRITISH GUIANA, and shall further be responsible for any amount of monthly ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1851
2
Cooly Tamil, As Understood by Labourers on Tea and Rubber ...
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Wells W. G. B, 2009
3
The ideas of the original rights of kings and governours, ...
Ideas. : ' X S.
Ideas, 1717
4
House of Commons Papers
Q. 318. sometimes the Cooly agent himself received no allowance whatever for his trouble. Irt those cases he must have been wholly paid by cheating the Cooly ; and in all cases he was partially paid by that means. Of the half rs. 15, of which ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1841
5
PAPERS RELATIVE TO THE WEST INDIES
comimttee report that " it is certain that if the advances were forbidden, the prop ' tav of the Cooly trade, as heretofore carried on, would be at once removed." I * See Evid. Q. sis. sometimes the Cooly agent himself received no allowance ...
6
Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae ...
ruz-uerralu 11111' 1n nxllramurry 6c Ballymakey.——Sic inde seis' existen', fli'at' Hen' Cooly feofl'avit inde Tho' Fitz~Williams mil', Nic' \Vhite mil', Jac' Dowdall, Tho ' Genison, Tho' Bealing, Hen' Burnell 8t Wil' Dol hen 8t hered' §.-—An' regni ...
7
The Gore: A Novel
In the distance Cooly brought his walnut club down against the thing's spine. The animal flattened, legs straight out, stomach crushed against the ground. The dog's shriek filled the air. "CLIMB!" Cooly yelled as a pack of twelve <iegs burst, ...
Joseph A. Citro, 2000
8
Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American ...
... 3799 Militia Daniel Cherry 164 Cooly Family Continental Gabriel Cooly 400 Line Militia Francis Cooly 4837 Militia Francis Cooly 5854 Militia Francis Cooly 4768 Continental Gabriel Cooly 2SS Militia Francis Cooly 3929 Militia Francis Cooly ...
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution of North Carolina, Gertrude May Sloan Hay, 1932
9
Colonial Emigration Proceedings
This is where the cooly's diet fails. I do not attach much importance to the fact that it is considerably less in quantity than that of the European emigrant, because, considering the way in which rice swells and gains weight by cooking, I should ...
Leela Gujadhur Sarup, 2010
10
The Bengal and Agra Annual Guide and Gazetteer
Can AND CooLr Hum. A cooly load is to consist of 18 quart bottles of wine or any other liquor, or 7211). weight of any other article. A carriage bullock load is three dozen of quart bottles, or 144lbs. weight of any other article. . A cart load is to ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COOLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cooly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Netflix Sets Release Dates for First Titles on Controversial Feature …
Some cinephiles and film-industry pros have also greeted it cooly, with boos raining down on Netflix content chief Ted Sarandos during the ... «Broadcasting & Cable, Jul 15»
2
Three second half goes lift Waimea College to memorable win over …
... beaten his man at the edge of the box and sent in a low cross, which Lindbom cooly put passed Nayland's reserve goalkeeper Zac Pellowe. «Nelson Mail, Jul 15»
3
U.S. Women's World Cup star Carli Lloyd is bundle of contradictions
She climbed over an opponent to bury a game-winning header in the quarterfinal against China and then cooly slotted home another penalty ... «Charlotte Observer, Jul 15»
4
Cory Weeds – Condition Blue – The Music Of Jackie McLean …
The key players in this session in addition, to the cooly effective altoist Weeds, are Mike LeDonne, a B-3 player of energetic disposition, and ... «Audiophile Audition, Jul 15»
5
GP3: Ceccon springs to maiden series win at Silverstone
The Briton did give one last push on the penultimate lap but Eriksson cooly rebuffed it while over-steer sent the #12 twitching onto the grass ... «crash.net, Jul 15»
6
ABC in a bind: Tony Abbott's Q&A ban a masterstroke of media …
In fact, he's cooly punishing a program he views as a long-running headache for his government. Advertisement. On Monday, Fairfax Media ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
7
Women's World Cup: Roaring Lionesses beat Germany for third place
North Korean ref Ri Hyang Ok pointed to the spot after Sanderson was held back by Kemme and Williams cooly slotted the ball low to the keeper's right. «Morning Star Online, Jul 15»
8
Arsenal's Star Man of the Week: Alexis Sanchez
Stepping up, Sanchez blew out his cheeks, ran up to the ball and delicately and cooly chipped the ball, before whipping his shirt off and ... «VAVEL.com, Jul 15»
9
Hanousek consigns Celtic to defeat
Celtic went into the break level when Gary Mackay-Steven was superbly found by Stefan Johansen, the forward cooly firing home to complete a ... «Soccerway, Jul 15»
10
Grexit Probably Won't Test Parallel Currencies — But For Tech's …
... the PM backed off with a letter expressing interest in more refinancing — one which was cooly received by his interlocutors. For all the drama, ... «www.waterstechnology.com, Jul 15»

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