To realize or catch on to something - usually something in the past which you should have figured out at the time but didn't; Scottish slang.
She was giving all kinds of hints that she was interested in me, but I just didn't cotton on until I got home.
by Sean-say November 14, 2007
Redneck 1 : I didn't cotton to the way you looked at my daughter.
Redneck 2 : I don't rightly care, I love her whether she's my mom or not.
Redneck 2 : I don't rightly care, I love her whether she's my mom or not.
by Homey G. June 14, 2005
by safojdf May 30, 2010
by searchaboob April 22, 2010
A slur for black people
by everybodyloveschris July 17, 2018
"Now I suggest you turn off the steam on the iron and have it on cotton setting to cook the bacon, because we all know that cotton is Latin for bacon."
by natalietranlikesmariahcarey November 23, 2011
word used to describe a small piece of cotton used to draw-up your drug of choice into a syringe. this piece of cotton can be from a cigarette filter(already smoked, or not if you're lucky), from a Q-tip, or it can be pre-made and distributed at a needle exhange.
by g-ring March 27, 2007