hoot
verb/huːt/
/huːt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they hoot | /huːt/ /huːt/ |
| he / she / it hoots | /huːts/ /huːts/ |
| past simple hooted | /ˈhuːtɪd/ /ˈhuːtɪd/ |
| past participle hooted | /ˈhuːtɪd/ /ˈhuːtɪd/ |
| -ing form hooting | /ˈhuːtɪŋ/ /ˈhuːtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to make a loud noise
- He had the audience hooting with laughter.
- Some people hooted in disgust.
- The crowd hooted and cheered.
- His friends all hooted with laughter.
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- [intransitive, transitive] (British English) if a car horn hoots or you hoot or hoot the horn, the horn makes a loud noise synonym honk
- The car behind me hooted impatiently.
- hoot at somebody/something Why did he hoot at me?
- hoot something Passing motorists hooted their horns.
- The train hooted a warning (= the driver sounded the horn to warn people).
- [intransitive] when an owl hoots, it makes a long calling soundTopics Birdsc2
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘make sounds of derision’): perhaps imitative.
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