toot
pronunciation
How to pronounce toot in British English:
UK [tu:t]
How to pronounce toot in American English:
US [tut]
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- Noun:
- a blast of a horn
- revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
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- Verb:
- make a loud noise
Word Origin
- toot (v.)
- c. 1500, of horns, ultimately imitative, also found in Middle Low German and Low German tuten "blow a horn." Related: Tooted; tooting. Tooting as a strong affirmative (as in you're damned tootin') is attested from 1932, American English.
- toot (n.)
- 1640s, from toot (v.); meaning "cocaine" is attested by 1977.
Example
- 1. The waiting taxi gave a toot on its horn .
- 2. Daughter ! Why do you toot mouth .
- 3. Why is everything so black , toot ?
- 4. And it can be a way to toot our own horns .
- 5. Toot continuously as of a car horn .