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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hoot1 /hut/USA pronunciation v. - to cry out or shout: [no object]The fans hooted at the umpire unmercifully.[~ + object]The fans hooted the umpire.
- Animal Behavior to make the cry of an owl, or a sound similar to it:[no object]In the night an owl hooted from a distance.
n. [countable] - Animal Behaviorthe cry of an owl.
- any similar sound:the hoot of the train in the distance.
- a shout, esp. of disapproval or mockery.
- [Informal.]the least bit:[in questions or with a negative word]didn't care a hoot about that.
- Slang Termsan extremely funny person or thing:That sitcom is a real hoot.
hoot•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hoot1 (ho̅o̅t),USA pronunciation v.i. - to cry out or shout, esp. in disapproval or derision.
- Animal Behaviorto utter the cry characteristic of an owl.
- to utter a similar sound.
- British Terms[Chiefly Brit.]to blow a horn or whistle;
toot.
v.t. - to assail with shouts of disapproval or derision:The fans hooted the umpire.
- to drive out, off, or away by hooting.
- to express in hoots:The crowd hooted its disagreement with the speaker.
n. - Animal Behaviorthe cry of an owl.
- any similar sound, as an inarticulate shout.
- a cry or shout, esp. of disapproval or derision.
- British Termsa horn, siren, or whistle, esp. a factory whistle.
- Informal Termsthe least bit of concern, interest, or thought;
trifle:I don't give a hoot. - Slang Termsan extremely funny person, situation, or event:Your mother's a hoot when she tells about her escapades in boarding school.
- 1150–1200; Middle English hoten, huten, houten (verb, verbal); perh. imitative
- 1, 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged jeer, boo, hiss.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged razz.
hoot2 (ho̅o̅t),USA pronunciation interj. [Scot. and North Eng.]- (used as an expression of impatience, dissatisfaction, objection, or dislike.)
- compare Swedish hut, Welsh hwt, Irish ut begone! 1675–85
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