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TOOTLE
tootle
(noun) the sound of casual playing on a musical instrument; “he enjoyed hearing the tootles of their horns as the musicians warmed up”
tootle
(verb) play (a musical instrument) casually; “the saxophone player was tootling a sad melody”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Tootle (plural Tootles)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tootle is the 21986th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1180 individuals. Tootle is most common among White (72.71%) and Black/African American (20.85%) individuals.
Etymology
Verb
tootle (third-person singular simple present tootles, present participle tootling, simple past and past participle tootled)
(intransitive) To make a soft toot sound.
(transitive) To play (a musical instrument) making such a sound.
(intransitive, colloquial) To go (somewhere); to amble aimlessly.
(transitive, colloquial) To transport (someone somewhere).
Noun
tootle (plural tootles)
A soft toot sound.
(colloquial) A trip or excursion.
Source: Wiktionary
Too"tle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tootled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tootling.] [Freq. of toot.]
Definition: To toot gently, repeatedly, or continuously, on a wind instrument, as a flute; also, to make a similar noise by any means. "The tootling robin." John Clare.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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