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Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: hoot

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Apr 19th 2013, 00:30

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# To make the cry of an owl.

  

# To make the cry of an owl.
 

# To [[assail]] with [[contemptuous]] cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.

  

# To [[assail]] with [[contemptuous]] cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.
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#* Jonathan Swift
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#*: Partridge and his clan may '''hoot''' me for a cheat.
   
 

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Latest revision as of 00:30, 19 April 2013

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

hoot (plural hoots)

  1. A derisive cry or shout.
  2. The cry of an owl.
  3. (US, slang) A fun event or person. (See hootenanny)

[edit] Translations

derisive cry or shout

cry of an owl

[edit] Verb

hoot (third-person singular simple present hoots, present participle hooting, simple past and past participle hooted)

  1. To cry out or shout in contempt.
  2. To make the cry of an owl.
  3. To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.
    • Jonathan Swift
      Partridge and his clan may hoot me for a cheat.

[edit] Translations

To cry out or shout in contempt

To make the cry of an owl

To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts

[edit] See also

[edit] Anagrams

[edit] Middle English

[edit] Adjective

hoot

  1. hot

[edit] Descendants
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