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Webster 1913 Edition
Hoot
Hoot
(hoōt)
, Verb.
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
. Shakespeare
Hoot
,Verb.
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
,Noun.
1.
A derisive cry or shout.
Glanvill.
2.
The cry of an owl.
Hoot owl
(Zool.)
, the barred owl (
– Syrnium nebulosum
). See Barred owl
. not give a hoot
not care at all.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hoot
HOOT
, v.i.1.
To cry out or shout in contempt. Matrons and girls shall hoot at thee no more.
2.
To cry, as an owl. The clamorous owl, that nightly hoots.
HOOT
,Verb.
T.
Partridge and his clan may hoot me for a cheat.
HOOT
,Noun.