hoot
see also: Hoot
Pronunciation Noun

hoot (plural hoots)

  1. A derisive cry or shout.
  2. The cry of an owl.
  3. (US, slang) A fun event or person. (See hootenanny)
  4. A small particle.
Translations Translations Translations Verb

hoot (hoots, present participle hooting; past and past participle hooted)

  1. To cry out or shout in contempt.
  2. To make the cry of an owl.
    • c. 1595–1596, William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act II, scene ii]:
      The clamorous owl that nightly hoots and wonders / At our quaint spirits.
  3. To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.
  4. To sound the horn of a vehicle
Translations
  • French: huer
  • Russian: ги́кать
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Hoot
Proper noun
  1. Surname



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