See Also: hoot(medicine)
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hoot 1, noun(dictionary)
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hoot noun1. [hu:t] LME.
[from the verb.]
A loud inarticulate exclamation, a shout, spec. of derision or disapproval. LME.
C. G. Leland I heard certain mutterings and hoots among the students.
b. A sound produced by a vehicle's horn, a siren, etc., esp. as a signal or warning. E20.
H. Garner A long hoarse hoot of the factory whistle announced the lunch break.
c. A shout of laughter; a joke, an amusing situation, person, or thing. M20.
D. Halliday Janey can imitate anybody. So can I...We'd have the whole form in hoots of laughter.
An owl's cry. L18.
The smallest amount; a scrap, a whit. Chiefly in not care a hoot, not care two hoots, not give a hoot, not matter two hoots, etc. Cf. earlier HOOTER 2. L19.
D. Parker She paid no attention to her birthdaysdidn't give a hoot about them.
Comb.: hoot owl any of various owls with a hooting call, as the tawny owl or (US) the barred owl.