zoot suit (zo?ot)n. Slang A man’s suit popular during the early 1940s, characterized by wide-legged, tight-cuffed trousers and a long coat with wide lapels and heavily padded, wide shoulders.[Probably from an alteration of suit.]zoot?-suit?er (-so?o?t?r) n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.zoot suit (zu?t) n (Clothing & Fashion) slang a man’s suit consisting of baggy trousers with very tapered bottoms and a long jacket with wide padded shoulders, popular esp in the US in the 1940s[C20: of uncertain origin; perhaps an arbitrary rhyme on suit] ?zoot-?suiter nCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014zoot? suit` (zut) n. a man’s suit with baggy, tight-cuffed trousers and an oversized jacket with broad padded shoulders and wide lapels. [1940?45, Amer.; rhyming compound based on suit] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.zoot suitA type of men?s suit with wide, tapering pants and a long, wide-shouldered coat that was fashionable in the 1940s.Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited