In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
carouse, carousal, bender, toot, booze-up
(noun) revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
toot
(noun) a blast of a horn
honk, blare, beep, claxon, toot
(verb) make a loud noise; “The horns of the taxis blared”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
toot (countable and uncountable, plural toots)
The noise of a horn or whistle.
(by extension, informal) A fart; flatus.
(uncountable, slang) Cocaine.
(countable, slang) A portion of cocaine that a person snorts.
(informal) A spree of drunkness.
(informal, uncountable, pronounced /tʊt/) Rubbish; tat.
(internet) A message on the social networking software Mastodon.
toot (third-person singular simple present toots, present participle tooting, simple past and past participle tooted)
To stand out, or be prominent.
To peep; to look narrowly.
To see; to spy.
(slang) To flatulate.
To make the sound of a horn or whistle.
To cause a horn or whistle to make its sound.
(slang) To go on a drinking binge.
(slang) To snort (a recreational drug).
To post a message on a Mastodon instance (a self-hosted version of the networking software).
• (to fart): See flatulate
• (to sound a trumpet etc.): poop (obsolete)
toot (plural toots)
(Australia, slang) A toilet.
• Otto, Toto, otto, toto
Source: Wiktionary
Toot, v. i. Etym: [OE. toten, AS. totian to project; hence, to peep out.] [Written also tout.]
1. To stand out, or be prominent. [Obs.] Howell.
2. To peep; to look narrowly. [Obs.] Latimer. For birds in bushes tooting. Spenser.
Toot, v. t.
Definition: To see; to spy. [Obs.] P. Plowman.
Toot, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tooted; p. pr. & vb. n. Tooting.] Etym: [Cf. D. toeten to blow a horn, G. tuten, Sw.tuta, Dan. tude; probably of imitative origin.]
Definition: To blow or sound a horn; to make similar noise by contact of the tongue with the root of the upper teeth at the beginning and end of the sound; also, to give forth such a sound, as a horn when blown. "A tooting horn." Howell. Tooting horns and rattling teams of mail coaches. Thackeray.
Toot, v. t.
Definition: To cause to sound, as a horn, the note being modified at the beginning and end as if by pronouncing the letter t; to blow; to sound.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.