WikiWord

English

hoot

/huːt/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A derisive cry or shout.
  2. The cry of an owl.
  3. A fun event or person. (See hootenanny)
  4. A small particle.
  5. To cry out or shout in contempt.
  6. To make the cry of an owl, a hoo.
  7. To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.
  8. To sound the horn of a vehicle

Etymology / origin

No prose etymology has been added yet.

No ancestor words have been linked yet.

Related words

Descendant words

No descendant words have been linked yet.

Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
hoot — meaning and etymology | WikiWord