Tooting

//tuːtiŋ// name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The sound of a toot.

    "These tootings can be sometimes heard at the distance of a mile."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of toot form-of, gerund, participle, present
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A suburban area in the borough of Wandsworth and borough of Merton, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2771).

Example

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"These tootings can be sometimes heard at the distance of a mile."

Etymology

Disputed. It appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Totinges.

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