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Webster 1913 Edition


Toot

Toot

,
Verb.
I.
[OE.
toten
, AS.
totian
to project; hence, to peep out.]
[Written also
tout
.]
1.
To stand out, or be prominent.
[Obs.]
Howell.
2.
To peep; to look narrowly.
[Obs.]
Latimer.
For birds in bushes
tooting
.
Spenser.

Toot

,
Verb.
T.
To see; to spy.
[Obs.]
P. Plowman.

Toot

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tooted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Tooting
.]
[Cf. D.
toeten
to blow a horn, G.
tuten
, Sw.
tuta
, Dan.
tude
; probably of imitative origin.]
To blow or sound a horn; to make similar noise by contact of the tongue with the root of the upper teeth at the beginning and end of the sound; also, to give forth such a sound, as a horn when blown.
“A tooting horn.”
Howell.
Tooting
horns and rattling teams of mail coaches.
Thackeray.

Toot

,
Verb.
T.
To cause to sound, as a horn, the note being modified at the beginning and end as if by pronouncing the letter t; to blow; to sound.

Webster 1828 Edition


Toot

TOOT

,
Verb.
I.
[L. do, dedi.]
1.
To stand out or be prominent. [Not in use.]
2.
To make a particular noise with the tongue articulating with the root of the upper teeth, at the beginning and end of the sound; also, to sound a horn in a particular manner.
This writer should wear a tooting horn.
3.
To peep; to look narrowly. [Not in use, and probably a mistaken interpretation.]

TOOT

,
Verb.
T.
To sound; as, to toot the horn.

Definition 2024


toot

toot

See also: tööt

English

Alternative forms

  • tout (in some verb senses only)

Noun

toot (plural toots)

  1. The noise of a horn or whistle.
    He gave a little toot of the horn, to get their attention.
  2. (by extension, informal) A fart; flatus.
  3. (uncountable, slang) Cocaine.
  4. (informal) A spree of drunkness.
  5. (informal, pronounced /tʊt/) Rubbish, tat.
    I'm not paying fifty pounds for this load of old toot!

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Verb

toot (third-person singular simple present toots, present participle tooting, simple past and past participle tooted)

  1. To stand out, or be prominent.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Howell to this entry?)
  2. To peep; to look narrowly.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Latimer to this entry?)
    • Spenser
      for birds in bushes tooting
  3. To see; to spy.
  4. (slang) To flatulate.
  5. To make the sound of a horn or whistle.
    • Thackeray
      Tooting horns and rattling teams of mail coaches.
  6. To cause a horn or whistle to make its sound.
  7. To go on a drinking binge.

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