Hooter

//ˈhu.tɚ// noun, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who hoots.
  2. 2
    nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes wordnet
  3. 3
    The horn in a motor vehicle.
  4. 4
    a device on an automobile for making a warning noise wordnet
  5. 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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  1. 6
    informal terms for the nose wordnet
  2. 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!"

  3. 8
    An owl.
  4. 9
    A woman's breast. US, especially, plural-normally, slang
  5. 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."

  6. 11
    A large cannabis cigarette. slang
  7. 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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