HOOT
Dictionary entry overview: What does hoot mean?
• HOOT (noun)
The noun HOOT has 3 senses:
1. a loud raucous cry (as of an owl)
2. a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
3. something of little value
Familiarity information: HOOT used as a noun is uncommon.
• HOOT (verb)
The verb HOOT has 2 senses:
1. to utter a loud clamorous shout
2. utter the characteristic sound of owls
Familiarity information: HOOT used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HOOT (noun)
Meaning:
A loud raucous cry (as of an owl)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("hoot" is a kind of...):
call; cry; outcry; shout; vociferation; yell (a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition)
Meaning:
A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
razzing; razz; Bronx cheer; boo; hiss; hoot; snort; raspberry; bird
Hypernyms ("hoot" is a kind of...):
call; cry; outcry; shout; vociferation; yell (a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition)
Meaning:
Something of little value
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
damn; tinker's damn; tinker's dam; shucks; red cent; darn; hoot; shit
Context examples:
his promise is not worth a damn / not worth one red cent / not worth shucks
Hypernyms ("hoot" is a kind of...):
ineptitude; worthlessness (having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful)
• HOOT (verb)
Meaning:
To utter a loud clamorous shout
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
the toughs and blades of the city hoot and bang their drums, drink arak, play dice, and dance
Hypernyms (to "hoot" is one way to...):
emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hoot"):
pant-hoot (communicate by hooting and panting, as of primates)
grunt-hoot (communicate by hooting and grunting, as of primates)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sentence examples:
You can hear animals hoot in the meadows
The meadows hoot with animals
Meaning:
Utter the characteristic sound of owls
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "hoot" is one way to...):
emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
