Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To sound a horn or whistle in short blasts.
- v. To make the sound of a horn or whistle blown in short blasts or a sound resembling it.
- v. Slang To snort cocaine.
- v. To blow or sound (a horn or whistle).
- v. To sound (a blast, for example) on a horn or whistle.
- v. Slang To snort (cocaine).
- n. A blast, as of a horn.
- n. Slang A drinking binge.
- n. Slang Cocaine, especially a small amount snorted at one time.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To project; stand, stick, or bulge out.
- To shoot up, as plants.
- To become visible; peep out; show.
- To glance; peer; look; gaze; pore.
- Hence, to look or search narrowly; pry inquisitively.
- To try; endeavor.
- To see; behold; observe.
- To blow a horn, a whistle, or other windinstrument; especially, to produce harsh or discordant sounds with a horn, cornet, trumpet, whistle, or the like.
- To give out sound, as a wind-instrument when blown: usually a word of disparagement.
- To make sounds like those of a horn or a steam-whistle; trumpet.
- Specifically, to call: said of some grouse.
- To whine; cry.
- To sound on a horn, trumpet, pipe, or the like.
- To blow, as an instrument of sound.
- n. A sound made by blowing on a wind-instrument; a note as of a horn; a blast.
- n. A blow-out; a spree: as, to go on a toot.
- n. A lazy, worthless person.
- n. The devil.
Wiktionary
- n. The noise of a horn or whistle.
- n. by extension, informal A fart; a flatus.
- n. uncountable, slang Cocaine.
- n. informal A spree of drunkness.
- v. To stand out, or be prominent.
- v. To peep; to look narrowly.
- v. To see; to spy.
- v. To flatulate.
- v. of a horn or whistle To make the sound of a horn or whistle.
- v. To cause a horn or whistle to make its sound.
- v. To go on a drinking binge.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. obsolete To stand out, or be prominent.
- v. obsolete To peep; to look narrowly.
- v. obsolete To see; to spy.
- v. 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.
- v. 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.
WordNet 3.0
- v. make a loud noise
- n. revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
- n. a blast of a horn
Etymologies
- Ultimately of imitative origin. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“At the time of the phone call to Brown-Waite, Pidrman said he was on a "toot" -- or drinking binge, which was caused by the stress of having a house guest at the time.”
“That word toot reminds me of a little ditty we used to sing as children:”
“Dear Heloise: Most new cars have the electronic door locks that "toot" the horn if the car is relocked.”
“If you don't remember the location of your car, just "toot" the horn a couple of times using the lock button on the key fob.”
“I've freshened it up a tad or a "toot" with the French equivalent of "toodeloo!" ...”
“I just love that you used the somewhat antiquated "toot" rather than the proverbial "fart.”
“They were very good and I do think the 'toot' factor was less than with other beans.”
“Julia Child once gave a tip for cooking a "toot" free (her words) bean.”
“It's said that adding a little epazote to a pot of beans while it's cooking lessens the "toot" effect, but I'm not convinced. despite that, the epazote lends a nice flavor.”
“I've freshened it up a tad or a "toot" with the French equivalent of "toodeloo!"...”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘toot’.
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Sounds
words that describe sound
atchoo, atishoo, babble, bam, bay, beep, blast, blather, bleat, bleep, blip, bong and 242 more...
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emordnilap
reviled, loot, no, ta, rat, part, pit, stop, spat, ten, mad, mart and 108 more...
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A List Of The Cutest Words Ever Created!
HEE OK LETS DO IT! I'm v.v. excited! (with thanks to whichbe, Lampbane, bilby, effigy, frogapplause, and fredrx!)
piggy, toesy woesies, snurfle, wiggly, chomp, lewispoo, dobby, dunderhead, cupcake, mumbo jumbo, wigglebop, scuttle and 99 more...
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WF - palindromes
Yay, wow, waw, Utu, tut-tut, tut, tot, toot, TNT, Tet, tenet, tat and 91 more...
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[Open] Infrequentative
Non-frequentative verbs which also have a frequentative form (which you may add to the list “Frequentative”, if you like)
Examples include bob (bobble), busk (bustle), dab (dabble), ho...hove, stut, wag, dab, dart, spouse, sault, prate, swag, visé, cater, nose and 33 more...
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DYSLEXIC'S DELIGHT
Words a dyslexic can't get wrong: Palindromes
retartrater, redivider, level, noon, rotor, civic, peep, eke, deed, tenet, reviver, hannah and 145 more...
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And another
retrocausality, brusque, gainsay, cheerio, jaundiced, chamois, caw, craw, fudge, bubbler, shebang, bolo and 244 more...
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Words grabbed from real life conversa...
If I've seen it, heard it, or marvelled at it, I'll stick it here.
cruft, ermine, redundant, shakespearean, camino, marvelous, stupendous, chagrin, shaven, sleek, smug, stillness and 325 more...
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Mary and Max (2009)
Words from 2009 'Mary and Max' film.
muddy, puddle, birthmark, piggyback, pensive, gumnut, pompom, salvage, takeaway, oven, shed, deliberate and 112 more...
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Damieng's Words
lupine, sapor, boz imp, imp, ovine, saracen, haberdashery, tiebar, shill, cutler, cutaway, lucite and 218 more...
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favorite words
ennui, bonhomie, eschew, liaison, serendipity, lovely, dusk, kitten, epitome, sexy, beloved, darling and 396 more...
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wambamthankumam
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End in -ot
Just what it says. Words that end in -ot.
wainscot, ascot, marmot, jot, ocelot, spot, blot, scot, lot, shot, dot, snot and 219 more...
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Isograms
Words with each letter repeated the same number of times. The pattern of repetition is tagged: 1212, 1221, 121122, 122121, 121233, 122133, 123123, 123132, 123213, 123231, 123312, 123321, 12123434, ...
deeded, sestettes, geggee, appeases, caucasus, isis, cancan, intestines, mesosome, palpal, valval, mama and 154 more...
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words I have an irrational and burnin...
celesbian, crouch, perez hilton, slop, lotus boob, anal fissure, eat out, crotch, sewage, backwash, vomit, pus and 100 more...
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I'd rather not say
words that grate on my nerves (mainly because of the way they sound, not what they mean)
yogurt, belly, asthma, spruce, daisy, rutabaga, petunia, toot, fecal, oodles, pansy, buddy and 20 more...
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