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Hoot

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Noun

1. hoot

a loud raucous cry (as of an owl)

2. bird, boo, bronx cheer, hiss, hoot, raspberry, razz, razzing, snort

a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

3. damn, darn, hoot, red cent, shit, shucks, tinker's dam, tinker's damn

something of little value

Example Sentences:
'his promise is not worth a damn'
'not worth one red cent'
'not worth shucks'

Verb

4. hoot

to utter a loud clamorous shout

Example Sentences:
'the toughs and blades of the city hoot and bang their drums, drink arak, play dice, and dance'

5. hoot

utter the characteristic sound of owls

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hoot

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noun
1. 
the mournful wavering cry of some owls
2. 
a similar sound, such as that of a train whistle
3. 
a jeer of derision
4. informal
an amusing person or thing
the weekend was a hoot
5.  not give a hoot
verb
6. (often foll by at)
to jeer or yell (something) contemptuously (at someone)
7. (transitive)
to drive (political speakers, actors on stage, etc) off or away by hooting
8. (intransitive)
to make a hoot
9. (intransitive) British
to blow a horn
exclamation
an exclamation of impatience or dissatisfaction: a supposed Scotticism
noun
Australian and New Zealand a slang word for money

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Hoot

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verb intransitive
1. 
to utter its characteristic hollow sound
said of an owl
2. 
to utter a sound like this
3. 
to shout or cry out, esp. in scorn or disapproval
verb transitive
4. 
to express (scorn, disapproval, etc.) of by hooting
5. 
to drive or chase away by hooting
to hoot an actor off the stage
noun
6. 
the sound that an owl makes
7. 
any sound like this
8. 
a loud shout or cry of scorn or disapproval
9.  US
the least bit; whit
not worth a hoot
10.  Informal
a very amusing person, thing, event, etc.
it's an old joke but a real hoot
interjection
Scottish and North England
used to express objection, irritation, etc.
: also hoots (huts ; ho̅ots; uts ; o̅ots)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Hoot

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v. hoot·ed, hoot·ing, hoots
v.intr.
1. To utter the characteristic cry of an owl.
2. To make a loud raucous cry, especially of derision or contempt.
v.tr.
1. To shout down or drive off with jeering cries: hooted the speaker off the platform.
2. To express or convey by hooting: hooted their disgust.
n.
1.
a. The characteristic cry of an owl.
b. A sound suggesting the cry of an owl, especially the sound of a horn.
2. A cry of scorn or derision.
3. Informal One that is hilariously funny: "Emmett, that skirt is a hoot!" (Bobbie Ann Mason).
interj.
Scots
Used to express annoyance or objection.
n.
Informal
A hootenanny.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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