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Double O Vocabulary Words

Based on the definitions, guess these words that contain OO.
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Last updated: September 4, 2018
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First submittedDecember 9, 2009
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Definition
Word
Popular Australian animal
Kangaroo
Old West bar
Saloon
Last car on a train
Caboose
Panda's food of choice
Bamboo
Seasonal, south Asian wind
accompanied by heavy rains
Monsoon
Type of bird or clock
Cuckoo
Spongelike shower scrubber
Loofah
Double-reed instrument
Bassoon
Fancy breed of dog
Poodle
Kiss
Smooch
Unruly soccer fan
Hooligan
Definition
Word
Person who predicts the future
Soothsayer
Forbidden
Taboo
To skip school is to play this
Hookey
House made of snow
Igloo
To become overwhelmed with
emotion; to faint
Swoon
Person who borrows without repaying
Mooch
To strand on an island
Maroon
In journalism, to get a story first
Scoop
To scribble or draw aimlessly
Doodle
Hangman's rope
Noose
Plunder
Loot
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Level ∞
Jul 8, 2013
Updated and expanded!
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Level 20
May 5, 2019
I got smooch.... but I tried canoodle first.
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Level 65
Jul 9, 2013
Never thought I would be the first to comment. Great Quiz.

I would have gotten monsoon if it said something about heavy rainfall.

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Level 69
Sep 15, 2013
But what about typhoon?
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Level ∞
Sep 16, 2013
Added something about the rains.
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Level 59
Nov 20, 2019
my first try too.
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Level 65
Jul 12, 2013
Since plunder can be used as both a noun and a verb, you should really specify which you want. If it is "to plunder" then the answer should be "to loot" if you want the noun, both "loot" and "booty" should be acceptable.
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Level 80
Aug 1, 2017
... but it's easy to assume it could be a verb OR a noun and just try either option. Also why should 'booty' be accepted if that's not the single answer the quiz is looking for?
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Level 91
Jul 19, 2013
Not loving your monsoon definition, as it doesn't mention precipitation. Also, the loot-booty clue is a serious oversight. Both should certainly be acceptable.
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Level 74
Sep 9, 2013
It's not that serious, is it? I mean, in the scheme of things.
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Level 73
Sep 15, 2013
It is in this scheme of things.
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Level 57
Sep 15, 2013
Could you accept "typhoon" for "monsoon" and "booty" for "loot" please?
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Level 64
Sep 15, 2013
I second booty
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Level ∞
Sep 16, 2013
Booty will work now
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Level 44
Sep 15, 2013
Igloos are made of snow, not ice.
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Level ∞
Sep 16, 2013
Changed it.
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Level 73
Dec 7, 2014
so what exactly is snow then?
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Level 84
Dec 28, 2015
Snow is a collection of snowflakes, which is still easily divisible. Ice is a single, solid piece of frozen water. You can shovel and shape snow with your hands. You need a chainsaw or an ice pick to sculpt ice.
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Level 84
Oct 27, 2020
But ice can also have the definition ob being water in a frozen state. So all snow also is ice.
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Level 64
Sep 17, 2013
If plunder is used as a verb, then boost is also an acceptable answer.
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Level 39
Sep 18, 2013
I'm ashamed of myself so I'll hang my head while typing the nit I'm about to pick:

A person who borrows without repaying is a moocher. The act of borrowing without repaying is to mooch.

There, now I'll smack myself in the back of the head for being so nit-picky. I mean if you start to type 'moocher' the quiz accepts your answer when you get to the 'h' so there's really no harm.

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Level 59
Nov 20, 2019
I tried crook and schmoozer/ser to no avail. :(
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Level 76
May 29, 2020
Mooch is both a verb and a noun (with the same meaning as 'moocher').
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Level 34
Sep 2, 2014
Does a hooligan really have to be a soccer fan?
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Level 51
May 3, 2015
I'm glad I'm not the only one who wonders this. I've always known it as a ruffian, basically.
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Level 51
Dec 6, 2015
Absolutely. Hooligans are certainly not restricted to football.
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Level 79
Feb 5, 2024
Indeed, there are plenty in the British government.
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Level 59
Nov 20, 2019
I could only think of hoodlum.
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Level 85
Jan 7, 2022
Yeah, that struck me as an oddly specific definition for an oddly vague word.
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Level 51
May 3, 2015
You know, I'm pretty sure the word hooligan existed before soccer, so I don't get what it has to do with soccer. If you had used the definition I know of, I would have gotten it. dictionary.com: "a ruffian or hoodlum."
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Level 72
Apr 15, 2016
The only reason I got that one is because he mentioned soccer. "soccer hooligan" is a very common term. wouldn't have gotten it otherwise
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Level 76
Dec 8, 2023
The fact that you qualified it as a 'soccer hooligan' (implying the existence of other types) reinforces the original point.
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Level 71
May 12, 2015
Couldn't think of 'Mooch' ........ I thought mooch was to lurch around somewhat not borrow money ...... My mother used to say "Stop mooching around and go out and play"
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Level 59
Nov 20, 2019
I would think that too. If I'd thought it. I thought schmoozer.
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Level 77
Feb 15, 2022
Nah, "schmooze" means to chat or gossip.
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Level 62
Nov 13, 2015
canoodle for kiss?
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Level 62
Dec 6, 2015
That's what I guessed, too.
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Level 81
Oct 25, 2016
Me three.
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Level 34
Jul 1, 2018
...me four...
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Level 79
Jan 24, 2021
five - in the UK, smooch means a slow dance.
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Level 72
Apr 15, 2016
Person who predicts the future = Buffoon
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Level 70
Oct 5, 2022
Loon -- either a person who predicts the future or the one who believes them
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Level 82
Sep 12, 2016
Completely blanked on soothsayer. Did however come up with 'kook' and 'loon', which both seem appropriate.
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Level 45
Oct 25, 2016
I had no idea a hooligan had anything to do with soccer. I just thought it meant someone who causes trouble.
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Level 80
Aug 1, 2017
I agree, not neccesarily anything to do with soccer.
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Level 67
Aug 28, 2019
That is the only way I have ever heard it. A football hooligan nothing more and nothing less. There are plenty of words allready in existence for troublemakers in general.

But I guess since there is more than one person having trouble with the word, there are international differences of the use of the word.

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Level 89
Jan 5, 2020
"Bunch of hooligans" is a common term in the U.S. for a bunch of disorderly people.
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Level 89
Jan 5, 2020
Oddly enough my preemptive text gave me hooligans which was not accepted, but when I erased the S, it was accepted instantly.
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Level 81
Oct 25, 2016
Canoodle should work for kiss.
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Level 34
Mar 18, 2017
I got the "bloody" lot !
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Level 51
Mar 18, 2017
3.53, cool quiz!
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Level 62
Jun 8, 2017
100% with 4:06 left... maybe cut down on the time??
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Level 48
May 20, 2018
I guess the 3rd row definitions must be US-specific, never heard of caboose or hookey!
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Level 34
Jul 1, 2018
...hookey in english is wag, these days...or bunk off...
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Level 67
Aug 28, 2019
only missed soothsayer, have heard of it but would never have thought of it
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Level 76
Feb 10, 2020
I could NOT think of bassoon. I even tried Obooe and Floote even though I knew they were wrong
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Level 47
Nov 16, 2020
I tried kazoo, disappointed when that didn't work.
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Level 35
May 29, 2020
i've never heard of a bunch of these words lol
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Level 65
May 29, 2020
When the looting starts, the shooting starts
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Level 79
Feb 5, 2021
Says who?
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Level 85
Jan 7, 2022
Says anyone who's turned on by the idea of committing murder.
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Level 79
Feb 5, 2021
Who else only thought of 'truant' for skipping school?
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Level 94
Apr 5, 2021
Would "booer" work for unruly soccer fan? haha
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Level 71
Oct 29, 2021
I don't think of poodles as being a "fancy breed". Cockapoo, on the other hand...
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Level 70
Oct 5, 2022
Mooching, to me, is synonymous with leeching off of others or taking continued advantage of someone's generosity. ie: To take without paying --- which is different than borrowing with an expectation of being paid back.
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Level 66
Sep 25, 2023
This is rough as someone not from the USA!

Mooch is entirely different in the UK, Caboose is obscure, and Loofah and Hookey don't exist at all.