Home › Words › C › cahootcahoot/kəˈhuːt/cahoot means A company or partnership.cahoot is pronounced /kəˈhuːt/.EtymologyFor the noun, see cahoots. The verb is derived from the noun.nounA company or partnership.Chiefly preceded by in: a group of people working together, chiefly for a nefarious reason; hence, a collaboration or collusion.e.g.“Gineral Government and the ministration are going in cahoot to undermine and overrule the undertakings of the free people of Georgia.” — 1827 September 15, "The Wanderer", “Barney Blinn”, in Norwalk Reporter and Huron Advertiser, Norwalk, OH, page 4:An accomplice, a partner.e.g.“Fisk and his “cahoots” have got at cross purposes, and he has been put out of bed. Whether Fisk is rightly or wrongly out of bed is not for Congress to determine.” — 1869, United States Congress, Congressional Globe, page 538, column 3:verbTo act in partnership.e.g.“[…] argument that we shouldn't be doing it, and if we do we'll fail, and if we succeed, our leaders were lying, tricking and cahooting with Halliburton?” — 2003 June 6, “Thinking Right: Iraq, Clintons”, in Atlanta Journal-Constitution:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.cahoots 73% match — Chiefly preceded by in: collaboration or collusion, chiefly for a nefarious reason. vs cahoot →coadventure 57% match — A joint venture or partnership. vs cahoot →copartner 57% match — A joint partner (in a business). vs cahoot →coagency 55% match — Agency in common, or a joint or combined agency. vs cahoot →cothouse 54% match — A small cottage, especially one that was the home of a cottar. vs cahoot →coattest 53% match — To attest jointly. vs cahoot →comakership 52% match — A partnership between comakers. vs cahoot →cohusband 51% match — A joint husband; one of several husbands of the same person at the same time. vs cahoot →