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Definition of rootin’-tootin’ adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

rootin’-tootin’

adjective
 
/ˌruːtɪn ˈtuːtɪn/
 
/ˌruːtɪn ˈtuːtɪn/
[only before noun] (North American English, informal)
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  1. enthusiastic, cheerful and lively
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: reduplication of rooting in the sense ‘inquisitive’, an early dialect sense of the compound.
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