HOOT

damn, darn, hoot, red cent, shit, shucks, tinker's damn, tinker's dam

(noun) something of little value; “his promise is not worth a damn”; “not worth one red cent”; “not worth shucks”

hoot

(noun) a loud raucous cry (as of an owl)

boo, hoot, Bronx cheer, hiss, raspberry, razzing, razz, snort, bird

(noun) a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

hoot

(verb) to utter a loud clamorous shout; “the toughs and blades of the city hoot and bang their drums, drink arak, play dice, and dance”

hoot

(verb) utter the characteristic sound of owls

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

hoot (plural hoots)

A derisive cry or shout.

The cry of an owl.

(US, slang) A fun event or person. (See hootenanny)

A small particle.

Usage notes

• (small particle) The term is nearly always encountered in a negative sense in such phrases as don't care a hoot or don't give two hoots.

• (derisive cry) The phrase a hoot and a holler has a very different meaning to hoot and holler. The former is a short distance, the latter is a verb of derisive cry.

Verb

hoot (third-person singular simple present hoots, present participle hooting, simple past and past participle hooted)

To cry out or shout in contempt.

To make the cry of an owl.

To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.

To sound the horn of a vehicle

Anagrams

• Htoo, OTOH, otoh, thoo, toho

Proper noun

Hoot (plural Hoots)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hoot is the 31724^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 728 individuals. Hoot is most common among White (92.99%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Htoo, OTOH, otoh, thoo, toho

Source: Wiktionary

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Hoot, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hooted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hooting.] Etym: [OE. hoten, houten, huten; cf. OSw. huta, Sw. huta ut to take one up sharply, fr. Sw. hut interj., begone! cf. also W. hwt off! off with it! away! hoot!]

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

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

Hoot, v. t.

Definition: To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts. Partridge and his clan may hoot me for a cheat. Swift.

Hoot, n.

1. A derisive cry or shout. Glanvill.

2. The cry of an owl. Hoot owl (Zoöl.), the barred owl (Syrnium nebulosum). See Barred owl.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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