hoot
🇺🇸
/huːt/
🇬🇧
/huːt/
verb
R
To make the sound of an owl or a horn.
The owl hooted in the night.
R
To use a car horn.
The driver hooted the horn to warn the pedestrians.
R
An owl's characteristic call.
We heard the hoot of an owl in the distance.
noun
R
A loud, quick laugh.
The joke got a lot of hoots from the audience.
R
Something very amusing.
That party was a real hoot.
R
The sound of a car horn.
The sudden hoot of the truck made me jump.
translation
To make the sound of an owl or a horn.; To use a car horn.; An owl's characteristic call.
A loud, quick laugh.; Something very amusing.; The sound of a car horn.
Word Forms
3rd Present
hoots
Progressive
hooting
Past
hooted
Plural
hoots
Perfect
hooted