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Definition of Hoots
Hoot Hoot Hoot (h[=oo]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hooted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Hooting.] [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 Hoot Hoot, v. t.
To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with
derisive shouts.
Partridge and his clan may hoot me for a cheat.
--Swift.
Hoot Hoot Hoot, n.
1. A derisive cry or shout. --Glanvill.
2. The cry of an owl.
Hoot owl (Zo["o]l.), the barred owl (Syrnium nebulosum).
See Barred owl.
