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Definition of toot verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

toot

verb

/tuːt/

/tuːt/

[intransitive, transitive] (especially British English)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they toot	/tuːt/ /tuːt/
he / she / it toots	/tuːts/ /tuːts/
past simple tooted	/ˈtuːtɪd/ /ˈtuːtɪd/
past participle tooted	/ˈtuːtɪd/ /ˈtuːtɪd/
-ing form tooting	/ˈtuːtɪŋ/ /ˈtuːtɪŋ/

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when a car horn toots or you toot it, it makes a short, high sound
- the sound of horns tooting
- A horn tooted outside signaling the arrival of my taxi.
- toot something Toot your horn to let them know we're here.
Topics Transport by car or lorryc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Toot is used with these nouns as the object:
horn
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Word Originearly 16th cent.: probably from Middle Low German tūten, but possibly an independent imitative formation.

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Idioms

blow/toot your own horn (North American English usually)

(especially British English blow your own trumpet)

(informal) to praise your own abilities and achievements synonym boast

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