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Hoot

//huːt// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A derisive cry or shout.

    "My performance drew hoots of derision from the crowd."

  2. 2
    Money, especially in the form of cash given as payment. New-Zealand, slang, uncountable

    "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."

  3. 3
    something of little value wordnet
  4. 4
    The cry of an owl.

    "I heard the hoot of an owl."

  5. 5
    a loud raucous cry (as of an owl) wordnet
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  1. 6
    A fun event or person. slang

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

  2. 7
    a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt wordnet
  3. 8
    A small particle; a whit or jot.

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

Verb
  1. 1
    To cry out or shout in contempt.

    "Matrons and girls shall hoot at thee no more,"

  2. 2
    to utter a loud clamorous shout wordnet
  3. 3
    To make a hoo, the cry of an owl.

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

  4. 4
    utter the characteristic sound of owls wordnet
  5. 5
    To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.

    "Mary felt extremely offended when the workers hooted at her."

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  1. 6
    To sound the horn of a vehicle.

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

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English houten, huten, hoten, of North Germanic origin, from or related to Old Swedish huta (“to cast out in contempt”), related to Middle High German hiuzen, hūzen (“to call to pursuit”), Swedish hut! (“begone!”, interjection), Dutch hui (“ho, hallo”), Danish huj (“ho, hallo”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English houten, huten, hoten, of North Germanic origin, from or related to Old Swedish huta (“to cast out in contempt”), related to Middle High German hiuzen, hūzen (“to call to pursuit”), Swedish hut! (“begone!”, interjection), Dutch hui (“ho, hallo”), Danish huj (“ho, hallo”).

Etymology 3

A variant of utu (influenced by etymology 1), borrowed from Māori utu (“payment, revenge, payback”).

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