hoot

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Why the NY papers gave a hoot is a mystery to me also ... must have not had any shirtless ARod photos to run.

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  1. intransitive verb To utter the characteristic cry of an owl.
  2. intransitive verb To make a loud raucous cry, especially of derision or contempt.
  3. transitive verb To shout down or drive off with jeering cries: hooted the speaker off the platform.
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  • Ham went down The superfirer continued to hoot, and Long Tom and Doc Savage went down in quick succession. —  031 - The Majii
  • Ms. Annis thinks it's a hoot, and says Canada Post deserves credit for getting it to her family. —  Latest Articles
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest can only be described as a hoot. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • I thought Bridges was a hoot, and considerably more entertaining than —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • The ensuing feuds between parties are always a hoot, and recently, —  Lead Stories from AOL
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

whoop ·  howl ·  screech ·  shriek ·  jeer ·  whistle ·  croak ·  snort ·  bellow ·  chuckle ·  peal ·  exclamation

Used in the same contextWord Family

hoot:   hooting ·  hoots ·  hooted
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Etymologies (5)

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  1. Middle English houten, of imitative origin.

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  1. from Middle English houten, huten, hoten, prob. of Scandinavian origin, from Old Swedish huta, in the phrase hut ut en, cast out with contempt, as one would a dog, literally ‘hoot out one,’ Swedish huta ut, take one up sharply, literally ‘hoot out.’ Cf. Middle High German hiuzen, hūzen, call to the pursuit; imitative words, in so far as they rest upon the exclamatory syllables, Swedish hut, begone, Scots hoot, hout, q. v. (cf. Welsh hwt, off, away, Irish ut, out, pshaw, Gaelic ut ut, interjection of dislike), Dutch hui, Danish huj, ho, halloo. The reg. form representing Middle English houten would be hout (riming with shout, so reg. houp for hoop); but the imitation preserves the more sonorous sound.
  2. from hoot, v.
  3. See hoot, v.
  4. Maori utu, money.
 

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