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verb (used without object)
1.
to cry out or shout, especially in disapproval or derision.
2.
to utter the cry characteristic of an owl.
3.
to utter a similar sound.
4.
Chiefly British. to blow a horn or whistle; toot.
verb (used with object)
5.
to assail with shouts of disapproval or derision: The fans hooted the umpire.
6.
to drive out, off, or away by hooting.
7.
to express in hoots: The crowd hooted its disagreement with the speaker.
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Hooted
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So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
noun
8.
the cry of an owl.
9.
any similar sound, as an inarticulate shout.
10.
a cry or shout, especially of disapproval or derision.
11.
British. a horn, siren, or whistle, especially a factory whistle.
12.
EXPANDInformal. the least bit of concern, interest, or thought; trifle: I don't give a hoot.
13.
COLLAPSESlang. an extremely funny person, situation, or event: Your mother's a hoot when she tells about her escapades in boarding school.
Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English hoten, huten, houten (v.); perhaps imitative
1150–1200; Middle English hoten, huten, houten (v.); perhaps imitative
Related forms
hoot·ing·ly, adverb
un·hoot·ed, adjective
Synonyms
1, 5. jeer, boo, hiss. 5. razz.
1, 5. jeer, boo, hiss. 5. razz.
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Word Origin & History
hoot
c.1200, "to call or shout in disapproval or scorn," related to houten, huten "to shout, call out" (early 13c.), probably imitative. First used of bird cries, especially that of the owl, mid-15c. The noun meaning "a laugh, something funny" is first recorded 1942. Slang sense of "smallest amount or particle"
EXPAND(esp. in don't give a hoot) is from 1878.
COLLAPSE
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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