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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.
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.
Definition 2024
toot
toot
See also: tööt
English
Alternative forms
- tout (in some verb senses only)
Noun
toot (plural toots)
- The noise of a horn or whistle.
- He gave a little toot of the horn, to get their attention.
- (by extension, informal) A fart; flatus.
- (uncountable, slang) Cocaine.
- (informal) A spree of drunkness.
- (informal, pronounced /tʊt/) Rubbish, tat.
- I'm not paying fifty pounds for this load of old toot!
Derived terms
Terms derived from toot (noun)
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Translations
the noise of a horn or whistle
a fart
Verb
toot (third-person singular simple present toots, present participle tooting, simple past and past participle tooted)
- To stand out, or be prominent.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Howell to this entry?)
- To peep; to look narrowly.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Latimer to this entry?)
- Spenser
- for birds in bushes tooting
- To see; to spy.
- (slang) To flatulate.
- To make the sound of a horn or whistle.
- Thackeray
- Tooting horns and rattling teams of mail coaches.
- Thackeray
- To cause a horn or whistle to make its sound.
- To go on a drinking binge.
Derived terms
Terms derived from toot (verb)