hoot·er

[hoo-ter]
noun
1.
a person or thing that hoots.
2.
British. a car horn.
3.
British Slang. the nose.

Origin:
1665–75; hoot1 + -er1

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hooter (ˈhuːtə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  a person or thing that hoots, esp a car horn
2.  slang a nose

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hooter is always a great word to know.
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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hooter definition


  1. n.
    a nose; a big nose. : I sort of wish my hooter wasn't so doggoned big.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
Seldom seen but often heard, the eight-hooter enlivens a winter walk.
The tornado traveled east into an open field off of hooter road west, where it entered a wooded area.
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