Moosecall
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A horn, for example of birchbark, which imitates the bellow of a moose.
"A moosecall is a horn of birch bark used by hunters to imitate the roar and bellow of the bull moose. Hunters themselves disagree as to whether the moose is ever fooled by a moosecall."
- 2 The noise made by this device.
"First of all, I could hear the handful of boos and moosecalls underneath the cheers as I took my place among the other Giants."
- 1 To produce such a sound. intransitive
"Once I was just walking along innocently with Richie when all of a sudden, from down the hallway and around the corner, I hear this moosecall. I didn't even think. I just moosecalled back."
Example
More examples"A moosecall is a horn of birch bark used by hunters to imitate the roar and bellow of the bull moose. Hunters themselves disagree as to whether the moose is ever fooled by a moosecall."
Etymology
From moose + call.
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