What does "hoot" mean?
Hoot: To make the peculiar cry of an owl. The clamorous owl that nightly hoots. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts. Partridge and his clan may hoot me for a cheat. Swift.
- 3.A derisive cry or shout. Glanvill.
- 4.The cry of an owl. Hoot owl (Zoöl.), the barred owl (Syrnium nebulosum). See Barred owl.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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