'Hoot' definitions:
Definition of 'Hoot'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Matrons and girls shall hoot at thee no more. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make the peculiar cry of an owl. [1913 Webster]
- The clamorous owl that nightly hoots. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hoot'
From: GCIDE
- Hoot \Hoot\, v. t. To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts. [1913 Webster]
- Partridge and his clan may hoot me for a cheat. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hoot'
From: GCIDE
- Hoot \Hoot\, n.
- 1. A derisive cry or shout. --Glanvill. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The cry of an owl. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A very funny event, person, or experience; as, watching Jack try to catch that greased pig was a hoot. [PJC]
- Hoot owl (Zool.), the barred owl (Syrnium nebulosum). See Barred owl.
- not give a hoot not care at all. [1913 Webster]