toot one's own horn
To promote oneself; to boast or brag; to tout oneself.
Not to toot my own horn, but I already knew all that.
toot
UK /ˈtuːt/ US /ˈtut/
noun 6verb 5
Collocations
5(noun.)
VERB + TOOT
give (sb), let out | hear
PREP
with a ~
The driver greeted her friend with a quick toot of the horn.
~ of
PHRASES
the toot of a horn, a toot on the horn
We heard the toot of a horn as the train approached the station.
Definitions
noun
1
The noise of a horn or whistle.
He gave a little toot of the horn, to get their attention.
2
A fart; flatus.
3
Cocaine.
4
A portion of cocaine that a person snorts.
So he took a toot. A couple of days later he did another, then another. Soon Harry was using more coke than he had done in his whole life.
5
A spree of drunkenness.
verb
1
To stand out, or be prominent.
Now rise up, Master Huddypeke, Your tail toteth out behind.
2
To peep; to look narrowly.
In the court, in the noblemen's houses, at every merchant's house, those Observants were spying, tooting, and looking, watching and prying, what they might hear or see against the see of Rome.
Long wandering up and downe the land, With bowe and bolts in either hand, For birds in bushes tooting.
3
To see; to spy.
4
To produce the noise of a horn or whistle.
The island rang, as yet, with the tooting horns and rattling teams of mail-coaches.
A horn tooted to the right, and I saw the black people run.
5
To cause a horn or whistle to produce a noise.
"In the morning, we get deer on the line. We tend not to 'toot' them because it seems that only makes them more likely to run across the track."
noun
1
A toilet.
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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He gave a little toot of the horn, to get their attention.
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So he took a toot. A couple of days later he did another, then another. Soon Harry was using more coke than he had done in his whole life.
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I'm not paying fifty pounds for this load of old toot!
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Now rise up, Master Huddypeke, Your tail toteth out behind.
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In the court, in the noblemen's houses, at every merchant's house, those Observants were spying, tooting, and looking, watching and prying, what they might hear or see against the see of Rome.
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Long wandering up and downe the land, With bowe and bolts in either hand, For birds in bushes tooting.
WiktionaryUsage Notes
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