hoot

hoot
[[t]hu͟ːt[/t]]
hoots, hooting, hooted
1) V-ERG If you hoot the horn on a vehicle or if it hoots, it makes a loud noise on one note. [mainly BRIT]

[V n] I never hoot my horn when I pick a girl up for a date...

Somewhere in the distance a siren hooted...

[V at n] I can be very rude to motorists who hoot at me...

It felt good to drive down the middle of the road, hooting at every junction.

N-COUNT
Hoot is also a noun.

Mortlake strode on, ignoring the car, in spite of a further warning hoot.

 (in AM, usually use , toot)
2) VERB If you hoot, you make a loud high-pitched noise when you are laughing or showing disapproval.

The protesters chanted, blew whistles and hooted at the name of Governor Pete Wilson...

[V with n] Bev hooted with laughter.

N-COUNT: usu with supp
Hoot is also a noun.

His confession was greeted with derisive hoots... This time she burst into hoots of laughter.

3) VERB When an owl hoots, it makes a sound like a long `oo'.

Out in the garden an owl hooted suddenly.

4) N-SING: a N If you say that someone or something is a hoot, you think they are very amusing. [INFORMAL]

Michael Fish is my favourite. He's a hoot, a real character.

5) PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR about/for n, PHR wh (emphasis) If you say that you don't give a hoot or don't care two hoots about something, you are emphasizing that you do not care at all about it. [INFORMAL]

Alan doesn't care two hoots about Irish politics...

They just don't give a hoot.


English dictionary. 2008.

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