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Hooter
//ˈhu.tɚ// noun, slang
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Noun
- 1 A person who hoots.
- 2 nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes wordnet
- 3 The horn in a motor vehicle.
- 4 a device on an automobile for making a warning noise wordnet
- 5 A siren or steam whistle, especially one in a factory and used to indicate the beginning or the end of a working day or shift. British
"Suddenly, far down and beyond the toun there came a screech as the morning grew, a screech like an hungered beast in pain. The hooters were blowing in the Segget Mills."
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- 6 informal terms for the nose wordnet
- 7 A nose, especially a large one. slang
"Aye, it may be a joke to you, but it's his nose. He can't help having a hideous great hooter! And his poor little head, trembling under the weight of it!"
- 8 An owl.
- 9 A woman's breast. US, especially, plural-normally, slang
- 10 A penis. slang
"There, nestled in one of her gloved palms was a massive, blue-veined hooter with a pus-filled bump on it the size of a pecan. It was his hooter and his pus-filled bump. ¶ “You ole rascal,” she said, and gently lowered his dick between his legs."
- 11 A large cannabis cigarette. slang
- 12 The tiniest amount; a whit or jot. dated
"G.G. understood that I meant the licence, and said he didn't care a hooter about failing his driving test."
Etymology
From hoot + -er.
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