hoot

UK /huːt/ US /hʉːt/
noun 5verb 4name 1

Definitions

noun

1

A derisive cry or shout.

My performance drew hoots of derision from the crowd.

2

The cry of an owl.

I heard the hoot of an owl.

3

A fun event or person.

The party at the weekend was such a hoot! Thanks for the invite.

4

A small particle; a whit or jot.

We don't care a hoot about what you think.

Well, it was Sunday morning, and the wheat nothing like ripe; but it was a chance, and I got onto my reaper and banged down every hoot of it before Monday night.

verb

1

To cry out or shout in contempt.

Matrons and girls shall hoot at thee no more,

2

To make a hoo, the cry of an owl.

The clamorous owl that nightly hoots and wonders / At our quaint spirits.

Outside an owl was hooting most dismally in the darkness. The villa was on a by-road, and there was no human sound to link them up with life.

3

To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.

Mary felt extremely offended when the workers hooted at her.

And I will be content, that Partridge, and the rest of his Clan, may hoot me for a Cheat and Impostor, if I fail in any single Particular of Moment.

4

To sound the horn of a vehicle.

When you arrive to pick me up, hoot, and I'll come outside.

noun

1

Money, especially in the form of cash given as payment.

On the construction you could make a pot of hoot in no time. You oughter be able to get two or three quid a day when things is busy.

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