1 [V] to make a loud noise:
He had the audience hooting with laughter. * Some people hooted in disgust. * The crowd hooted and cheered.
2 (BrE) if a car horn hoots or you hoot or hoot the horn, the horn makes a loud noise
SYNHONK:
[V] hooting cars * Why did he hoot at me? * [VN] Passing motorists hooted their horns. * The train hooted a warning (= the driver sounded the horn to warn people).
3 [V] when an OWL hoots, it makes a long calling sound
Part of speech: noun
1 [C] (especially BrE) a short loud laugh or shout:
The suggestion was greeted by hoots of laughter.
2 [sing.] (spoken) a situation or a person that you find very funny:
The play was a real hoot! * You ought to meet her-she's a hoot!
3 the loud sound made by the horn of a vehicle
4 the cry of an OWL
IDIOMS
not care / give a hoot
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for hoot is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is hoot a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, hoot is tagged as verb.
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