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TOOTS
Etymology 1
Noun
toots
plural of toot
Verb
toots
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of toot
Etymology 2
Noun
toots (plural toots)
(slang, sometimes, derogatory) Babe, sweetie: a term used when addressing a young woman, besties, sisters.
A gender-neutral term of affection.
Anagrams
• Totos, ottos, sotto
Source: Wiktionary
TOOT
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
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