bald as a coot
Totally without hair
Bald as a coot means completely bald.
The coot is a water bird with a distinctive white patch on its forehead that makes it appear hairless.
The phrase is old-fashioned and slightly humorous: My grandfather went bald as a coot before he turned forty.
Pathological follicle loss
- scalpSkin covering skull
- shavedCut very close
- bareLacking any covering
- smoothWithout roughness or difficulty
gleaming · shiny · slick · polished · chrome-dome · egghead · baldy · depilated
Swimming birds collectively
- aquaticWater-inhabiting
- wetlandsWater-saturated terrain
- marshGrassy waterlogged lowland
- lakeEnclosed body of freshwater
plumage · moorhen · grebe · ornithology · wading · swimming · diving · reedbeds
Comparison via "as"
- comparisonAssessment of similarities
- metaphorImplied identity comparison
- figurativeRepresenting through imagery
- proverbialWidely known from maxims
cliché · colloquial · expression · hyperbole · exaggeration · emphatic · vivid · evocative
alopecia
Pathological follicle loss
smooth · gleaming · shiny · slick · polished · chrome-dome · egghead · baldy · depilated · glabrous
waterfowl
Swimming birds collectively
lake · plumage · moorhen · grebe · ornithology · wading · swimming · diving · reedbeds
simile
Comparison via "as"
- comparisonAssessment of similarities
- metaphorImplied identity comparison
- figurativeRepresenting through imagery
proverbial · cliché · colloquial · expression · hyperbole · exaggeration · emphatic · vivid · evocative · old-fashioned
bald as a coothirsute
Having much body covering
long-haired · shaggy · tousled · hairy · full head of hair