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How to pronounce hoot in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms damn, darn, red cent, shit, shucks, tinker's dam, tinker's damn
Type of ineptitude, worthlessness
Type Words
Synonyms bird, boo, bronx cheer, hiss, raspberry, razz, razzing, snort
Type of call, cry, outcry, shout, vociferation, yell
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Type of yell, shout, call, outcry, cry, vociferation
Type Words
Type of let out, utter, emit, let loose
Has types pant-hoot, grunt-hoot
Derivation hooter


the toughs and blades of the city hoot and bang their drums, drink arak, play dice, and dance.
Type Words
Type of let out, emit, utter, let loose
Derivation hooter

Examples of hoot

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The supporting female characters are a hoot as they critique Charlie's behavior.
From the stltoday.com
They rebooked flights after he shuttled them to hoot with Crazy Girls strippers.
From the usatoday.com
The progress is slow, and the guys hoot and shout as they inch their way across.
From the scientistatwork.blogs.nytimes.com
If culturally plundering the 90s looked like a hoot in 2011, just wait for 2012.
From the guardian.co.uk
My favorite targets are public relations professionals, because they are a hoot.
From the washingtonpost.com
With plenty of mishaps and mayhem along the way this will be a hoot and a half.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Right then I kind of realized that people don't hoot for each other much anymore.
From the ocregister.com
It's a hoot to see Willis looking young and blond, his face miraculously unlined.
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They agree that they don't have to call team meetings or hoot and holler to lead.
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  • A loud raucous cry (as of an owl)
  • To utter a loud clamorous shout; "the toughs and blades of the city hoot and bang their drums, drink arak, play dice, and dance"
  • Boo: a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
  • Utter the characteristic sound of owls
  • Damn: something of little value; "his promise is not worth a damn"; "not worth one red cent"; "not worth shucks"
  • Hoot was a UK comic book that ran from (issues dates) 26 October 1985 to 25 October 1986, when it merged with The Dandy. Its cover price was 20p, represented by a stylized graphic depiction of a 20p coin. Throughout its run, it billed itself as "Britain's bubbling new comic! ...
  • Hoot is a 2006 American family comedy film based on Carl Hiaasen's novel of the same name. It was directed by Wil Shriner and produced by New Line Cinema and Walden Media. ...
  • Hoot (Persian: u062Du0648u062Au200Eu200E; Whale) is an Iranian supercavitation torpedo claimed to travel at approximately 360u00A0km/h (220u00A0mph), several times faster than a conventional torpedo. It was claimed to have been successfully test-fired from a surface ship against a dummy submarine during the Iranian military exercise "Great Prophet" (u067Eu064Au0627u0645u0628u0631 u0627u0639u0638u0645(u0635) on 2 April 2006 and 3 April 2006.
  • Hoot is a young adult novel by Carl Hiaasen. The story is set in Coconut Cove, Florida where Roy and his two new friends try to stop construction of a pancake house which would destroy a colony of burrowing owls who live on the site. The book won a Newbery Honor award in 2003.