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- a short, high sound made by a car horn or a whistle
- She gave a sharp toot on her horn.
Topics Transport by car or lorryc2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + tootprepositionphrases- the toot of a horn
- a toot on the horn
See full entry Word Originearly 16th cent.: probably from Middle Low German tūten, but possibly an independent imitative formation.
toot verb /tuːt/ /tuːt/ [intransitive, transitive] (especially British English)Idioms jump to other results - when a car horn toots or you toot it, it makes a short, high sound
- the sound of horns tooting
- A horn tooted outside signaling the arrival of my taxi.
- toot something Toot your horn to let them know we're here.
Topics Transport by car or lorryc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryToot is used with these nouns as the object: See full entry More Like This Onomatopoeic wordsOnomatopoeic words- beep
- bleep
- boohoo
- brrr
- buzz
- click
- clip-clop
- ding-dong
- hiss
- mwah
- peep
- ping
- plop
- pop
- rat-tat
- splat
- splosh
- squeak
- squeal
- squelch
- swish
- tee-hee
- thud
- thwack
- tick-tock
- toot
- vroom
- wham
- whoosh
- zoom
Word Originearly 16th cent.: probably from Middle Low German tūten, but possibly an independent imitative formation.
Idioms blow/toot your own horn (North American English usually) (especially British English blow your own trumpet) - (informal) to praise your own abilities and achievements synonym boast
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