tootle

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Rattling into quiet little towns with a grand 'tootle-te-too' of the horn was an especial delight, and to see the people gather so quickly that they seemed to spring from the ground.

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  1. intransitive verb To toot softly and repeatedly, as on a flute.
  2. intransitive verb Informal To walk or drive in a leisurely manner; amble: spent the morning tootling around town.
  3. noun The act or sound of tooting softly and repeatedly, as on a flute.

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  • Three - and four-night cruises on the Celebrity Mercury, which can cost half as much per day as an Alaska voyage, tootle around from Seattle to British Columbia's Nanaimo and Victoria, then back to Seattle.
  • Even in February, late in the afternoon as the temperature begins to drop, at least two ice cream truck operators find it worth their while to tootle through the parking lots of Reid Park, offering their wares to picnickers and dog owners. —  Outpost Mâvarin
  • Remember chuckling at the exorbitant prices drivers in London or Paris paid to tootle around in their Jaguars and Citroens? —  KITV.com - Local New
  • "I take a look at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and tootle down the Great Ocean Road, which is an easy drive away."
  • The others will tootle around town in delightfully clockwork AI routines while you set out on adventures. —  Computer And Video Games
 

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  1. Frequentative of toot.

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  1. Freq. or diminutive of toot.
 

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/ˈtutl/
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