Hoot
[huːt] or [hut]
Definition
(noun.) a loud raucous cry (as of an owl).
(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'.
(verb.) utter the characteristic sound of owls.
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Definition
(v. i.) To cry out or shout in contempt.
(v. i.) To make the peculiar cry of an owl.
(v. t.) To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.
(n.) A derisive cry or shout.
(n.) The cry of an owl.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Shout, yell, cry out.
v. a. Execrate, denounce, hiss, cry down, cry out against, hoot at.
n. Shout, cry, outcry, yell.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Hiss, execrate, denounce, sibilate, decry
ANT:Cheer, honor, acclaim, eulogize, salute, welcome
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Definition
v.i. to shout in contempt: to cry like an owl.—v.t. to drive with cries of contempt.—n. a scornful cry: the owl's cry.
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Examples
- The launch twanged and hooted, somebody was singing. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Troops of picturesque peasant girls, coming from work, hooted at us, shouted at us, made all manner of game of us, and entirely delighted me. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- When the tragedy was over, and he had been called for and hooted, I said to Herbert, Let us go at once, or perhaps we shall meet him. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- She hooted and tooted gaily, then her paddles were silent, the ropes were thrown ashore, she drifted in with a little bump. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The steamer hooted again, for some unknown reason. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I should rather enjoy the brickbats and hooting, I think. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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