hooter
pronunciation
How to pronounce hooter in British English:
UK [ˈhu:tə(r)]
How to pronounce hooter in American English:
US [ˈhutɚ]
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- Noun:
- informal terms for the nose
- a device on an automobile for making a warning noise
- nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
Word Origin
- hooter (n.)
- by 1823, "anything that hoots," especially an owl, agent noun from hoot (v.). Slang meaning "nose" is from 1958. Meaning "a woman's breast" (usually in plural hooters) attested by 1972. The Hooters restaurant chain began 1983 in Clearwater, Florida, U.S.
Example
- 1. The hooter went for the workers to stop work .
- 2. We 've just tried the hooter again .
- 3. The singer , 44 , wore a bandage over his hooter and had a minder carry the brolly during a visit to a las vegas museum .
- 4. " Go and tell them to give another blast on the hooter , and make it really long and loud this time ! "
- 5. Didn 't factory workers always sound the hooter as signal for a riot ?