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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
hoot
n 1: a loud raucous cry (as of an owl)
2: a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt [syn:
boo, hoot, Bronx cheer, hiss, raspberry, razzing,
razz, snort, bird]
3: something of little value; "his promise is not worth a damn";
"not worth one red cent"; "not worth shucks" [syn: damn,
darn, hoot, red cent, shit, shucks, tinker's
damn, tinker's dam]
v 1: to utter a loud clamorous shout; "the toughs and blades of
the city hoot and bang their drums, drink arak, play dice,
and dance"
2: utter the characteristic sound of owls
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Hoot \Hoot\, v. t.
To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with
derisive shouts.
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Partridge and his clan may hoot me for a cheat.
--Swift.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Hoot \Hoot\, n.
1. A derisive cry or shout. --Glanvill.
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2. The cry of an owl.
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3. A very funny event, person, or experience; as, watching
Jack try to catch that greased pig was a hoot.
[PJC]
Hoot owl (Zool.), the barred owl (Syrnium nebulosum). See
Barred owl.
not give a hoot not care at all.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Hoot \Hoot\ (h[=oo]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hooted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Hooting.] [OE. hoten, houten, huten; cf. OSw. huta,
Sw. huta ut to take one up sharply, fr. Sw. hut interj.,
begone! cf. also W. hwt off! off with it! away! hoot!]
1. To cry out or shout in contempt.
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Matrons and girls shall hoot at thee no more.
--Dryden.
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2. To make the peculiar cry of an owl.
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The clamorous owl that nightly hoots. --Shak.
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Thesaurus Results for hoot:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
Bronx, Bronx cheer, a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, bagatelle, bark, battle cry, bauble, bawl, bean, bellow, bibelot, bird, bit, boo, booing, brass farthing, button, cackle, call, carol, catcall, caterwaul, caw, cent, chatter, cheep, cheer, chirk, chirp, chirr, chirrup, chitter, chuck, clack, cluck, cock-a-doodle-doo, coo, croak, cronk, crow, cry, cuckoo, curio, drum, farce, farthing, feather, fig, fleabite, folderol, fribble, frippery, gabble, gaggle, gaud, gewgaw, gimcrack, give the bird, give the raspberry, gobble, guggle, hail, hair, halfpenny, halloo, hill of beans, hiss, hissing, holler, hollo, honk, hoo, howl, hurrah, jest, joke, kickshaw, knickknack, knickknackery, minikin, mockery, molehill, peep, peppercorn, picayune, pin, pinch of snuff, pinprick, pip, pipe, quack, rallying cry, rap, raspberry, razz, red cent, roar, roll, row of pins, rush, scold, scream, screech, shit, shout, shriek, sing, snap, sneeshing, sou, squall, squawk, squeal, straw, the bird, toy, trifle, trill, trinket, triviality, tuppence, tweet, twit, twitter, two cents, twopence, war cry, war whoop, warble, whim-wham, whistle, whistle at, whoop, yammer, yap, yawl, yawp, yell, yelp, yo-ho, yowl |
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