HOOTS
Proper noun
Hoots
plural of Hoot
Anagrams
• Htoos, Sotho, shoot, sooth, toosh
Noun
hoots
plural of hoot
Verb
hoots
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hoot
Anagrams
• Htoos, Sotho, shoot, sooth, toosh
Source: Wiktionary
HOOT
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