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noun

Hoot n.

A derisive cry or shout.

The cry of an owl.

A very funny event, person, or experience; as, watching Jack try to catch that greased pig was a hoot.

Hoot owl (Zool.), the barred owl (Syrnium nebulosum). See Barred owl.

not give a hoot not care at all.

verb

Hoot v. t. To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts. "Partridge and his clan may hoot me for a cheat."

Hoot v. i. (past & past part. hooted; pres. part. hooting)

To cry out or shout in contempt. "Matrons and girls shall hoot at thee no more."

To make the peculiar cry of an owl. "The clamorous owl that nightly hoots."

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Etymology of 'Hoot'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hoot" Quotes from Famous Books

... I meant; we are quite alone here. I have not heard a horse-hoof or a footstep or the hoot of a train for miles. So I think we might stop here and ...

— The Ball and The Cross • G.K. Chesterton

... regale Pinkey and Wallie for the fourteenth time with the story of the hoot-owl which had frightened him while hunting in Florida, but since it was received without much enthusiasm and he was not encouraged to tell another, he, too, retired to crawl between his blankets and "sleep on Nature's bosom" with most of ...

— The Dude Wrangler • Caroline Lockhart

... The true Segovian would hoot at you if you assigned any mortal paternity to the aqueduct. He calls it the Devil's Bridge, and tells you this story. The Evil One was in love with a pretty girl of the upper town, and full of protestations of devotion. The fair Segovian ...

— Castilian Days • John Hay

... surprise another bird call some hundreds of yards ahead of them was heard, and after a time it was repeated. Then the blackbird's notes rang out from behind, and then another note came from the front. Ere the voice behind could again reply a solemn "Hoot-a-hoot-a-hoo" came from the front. ...

— Three Boys in the Wild North Land • Egerton Ryerson Young

... "Eat, Jenny, drink, Jenny, all shall be thine!" "Thank you, Robin, kindly, you shall be mine." Then Jenny Wren got better, and stood upon her feet, And said to Robin Redbreast, "I love thee not a bit." Then Robin he was angry, and flew upon a pole, "Hoot upon thee! fie ...

— Traditional Nursery Songs of England - With Pictures by Eminent Modern Artists • Various

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