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toots

  [toots] ,
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–noun Slang.
an affectionate or familiar term of address; honey; baby (sometimes offensive when used to strangers, casual acquaintances, subordinates, etc., esp. by a male to a female).
Origin:
1940–45; toot(sie) + -s 4

toot

1  [toot]
–verb (used without object)
1. (of a horn or whistle) to give forth its characteristic sound.
2. to make a sound resembling that of a horn, whistle, or the like.
3. to sound or blow a horn, whistle, or wind instrument.
–verb (used with object)
4. to cause (a horn, whistle, or wind instrument) to sound.
5. to sound (notes, music, etc.) on a horn or the like.
–noun
6. an act or sound of tooting.
7. Slang. cocaine.
Origin:
1500–10; akin to LG, G tuten, D toeten, Sw tuta in same sense; orig. imit.

Related forms:
tooter, noun

toot

2  [toot] ,
–noun Informal.
a period or instance of drunken revelry; binge; spree.
Origin:
1670–80; orig. uncert.

toot

3  [toot] ,
–noun Australian Informal.
lavatory; toilet.
Origin:
1945–50; perh. jocular alter. of toilet

toot

4  [toot] ,
–noun Chiefly Pennsylvania German Area.
a paper bag.
Origin:
< PaG dutt; cf. G Tüte < LG tüte something horn-shaped, paper rolled into the shape of a horn (cf. toot 1 )
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toot   (tōōt)   
v.   toot·ed, toot·ing, toots

v.   intr.
  1. To sound a horn or whistle in short blasts.
  2. To make the sound of a horn or whistle blown in short blasts or a sound resembling it.
  3. Slang To snort cocaine.
v.   tr.
  1. To blow or sound (a horn or whistle).
  2. To sound (a blast, for example) on a horn or whistle.
  3. Slang To snort (cocaine).
n.  
  1. A blast, as of a horn.
  2. Slang A drinking binge.
  3. Slang Cocaine, especially a small amount snorted at one time.

[Ultimately of imitative origin.]
toot'er n.
toots   (tŏŏts)   
n.   Slang
Babe; sweetie.

[Perhaps short for tootsie.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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