too-toov.
/tuːˈtuː/ intransitive. To make an instrumental or vocal sound resembling these syllables.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of wind instruments
blas?c1225
blastc1275
poopa1556
tooting1568
toota1598
too-too1812
tootling1821
too-tooing1843
tootle1850
tootle-te-tootle1855
toot-toot1883
toot-tootling1904
1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 117 Tang goes the harpsichord, too too the flute.
1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 294 The singers..begin too-tooing most dismally.
1839 D. M. Moir Life Mansie Wauch (rev. ed.) xi. 122 The old flute was for next to no use at all, except for wee Benjie, poor thing, too-tooing on.
1840 W. M. Thackeray Pict. Rhapsody in Fraser's Mag. July 116/1 Punchman is tootooing on the pipes, and banging away on the drum.
1862 C. M. Yonge Countess Kate ix. 162 Kate..came up too-tooing through her hand with all her might.
Derivatives
too-too adv. and n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > [adjective]
polisheda1382
dainteousc1386
polite?a1500
delicatea1533
courtly1535
civil1551
court-like1552
well-refined1575
nice1588
perpolite1592
politic1596
soft1599
terse1628
refine1646
refined1650
elegant1652
genteel1678
chastea1797
spirituala1806
aesthetic1844
nicey1859
raffiné1865
nuttish1869
too-tooa1884
sophisticated1895
lavender1928
the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affecting delicacy
minikin1545
mincing1560
miniard1584
finical1592
minic1598
nice-mouthed1618
finitive1640
finicking1661
minical1668
precious1712
précieuse1785
niminy-piminy1786
pershittie1808
miminy-piminy1815
finicky1825
nimpy-pimpy1825
niminy1878
too-tooa1884
piminy1890
précieux1891
piss-elegant1941
a1884 C. S. Calverley To Mrs. Goodchild in Verses & Transl. x Checked by that absurd Too-too [of a person practising on a horn].
too-ˈtooer n.
too-ˈtooing n.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of wind instruments
blas?c1225
blastc1275
poopa1556
tooting1568
toota1598
too-too1812
tootling1821
too-tooing1843
tootle1850
tootle-te-tootle1855
toot-toot1883
toot-tootling1904
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > [noun] > soft melodious singing
fluting1481
warbling1587
too-tooing1843
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing wind instrument > [noun]
blowingc1000
blastc1275
blow1723
too-tooing1843
blasting1862
windjamming1886
toot-tootling1904
1843 W. M. Thackeray Irish Sketch-bk. II. xiii. 236 An unequal and disagreeable tootooing on a horn.
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