rooty-toot1
/ˈruːtɪˈtuːt/(also rooty-tooty, rooti-ti-toot) slang (chiefly US )
noun
Something noisy, riotous, or lively; specifically an early style of jazz music. Also: a trumpeting or similar sound; a flourish, a fanfare. Occasionally as adjective.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Eliza Cook's Journal. From rooty-toot.
rooty-toot2
/ˈruːtɪˈtuːt/(also root-a-toot, root-toot, rooty-toot-toot)
verb
[no object] To make a tooting sound with, or as with, a horn or trumpet.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in The Spirit of the Times: a chronicle of the turf, agriculture, field sports, literature and the stage. Imitative of the sound of a trumpet, with reduplication with consonant variation. With the sense ‘to move or behave jauntily’ compare later rootin' tootin', rooty-toot.
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