hoot
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
hoots
plural
hoots
Britannica Dictionary definition of HOOT
[count]
1
:
the loud, deep sound made by an owl
also
:
a similar loud, deep sound
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(Brit) the hoot [=honk] of a car's horn
2
:
a loud laugh or call made by a person
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hoots of laughter
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The announcement was met with hoots of derision/scorn.
3
informal
:
an amusing person or thing
— usually singular
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Your father is a hoot.
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Wasn't that a hoot?
give a hoot
informal also care a hoot
:
to care at all about someone or something
— used in negative statements
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I don't care a hoot about what they say.
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I don't give two hoots about his problems.
2
hoot
/ˈhuːt/
verb
hoots;
hooted;
hooting
2
hoot
/ˈhuːt/
verb
hoots;
hooted;
hooting
Britannica Dictionary definition of HOOT
1
[no object]
of an owl
:
to make a hoot
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We could hear an owl hooting in the woods.
2
British
b
British
:
to cause (a horn) to hoot
[+ object]
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The people in the cars behind us kept hooting [=(US) honking] their horns.
[no object]
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I hooted at the car in front of me.
3
:
to call out or laugh loudly
[no object]
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The crowd booed and hooted when it was announced that the show was canceled.
[+ object]
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The crowd hooted its disapproval.
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The speaker was hooted down by a small group of protesters. [=the protesters loudly shouted at the speaker so that the speaker could not be heard]
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The speaker was hooted off the platform by a small group of protesters.
