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toot

1

[ toot ]

verb (used without object)

  1. (of a horn or whistle) to give forth its characteristic sound.
  2. to make a sound resembling that of a horn, whistle, or the like.
  3. to sound or blow a horn, whistle, or wind instrument.


verb (used with object)

  1. to cause (a horn, whistle, or wind instrument) to sound.
  2. to sound (notes, music, etc.) on a horn or the like.

noun

  1. an act or sound of tooting.
  2. Slang. cocaine.

toot

2

[ toot ]

noun

Slang.
  1. a period or instance of drunken revelry; binge; spree:

    Those idiots went on a toot last night and spent the night in the slammer.

toot

3

[ toot ]

noun

Australian Informal.

toot

4

[ toot ]

noun

Chiefly Pennsylvania German.
  1. a paper bag.
  2. a paper cone used as a container.

toot

1

/ ٳː /

verb

  1. to give or cause to give (a short blast, hoot, or whistle)

    to toot a horn

    to toot a blast

    the train tooted

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the sound made by or as if by a horn, whistle, etc
  2. slang.
    any drug for snorting, esp cocaine
  3. slang.
    a drinking spree
  4. slang.
    ʊ a lavatory
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

toot

2

/ ٳː /

noun

  1. an informal name for tutu 2
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٴǴdzٱ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ٴǴdzİ noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of toot1

First recorded in 1500–10; akin to Low German, German tuten, Dutch toeten, Swedish tuta in the same sense; imitative of the sound; 1975–80 toot 1fordef 7

Origin of toot2

First recorded in 1670–80; origin uncertain

Origin of toot3

First recorded in 1945–50; perhaps jocular alteration of toilet

Origin of toot4

From Pennsylvania Dutch dutt; compare German üٱ, from Low German üٱ “something horn-shaped, paper rolled into the shape of a horn”; toot 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of toot1

C16: from Middle Low German tuten, of imitative origin
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Example Sentences

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By her demeanour, I also instinctively sensed that a polite toot of the horn was not the appropriate response.

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"I don't mean to toot my own horn," he says, before sharing how the pair released a freestyle together on Kenny's channel in 2020.

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If I may toot my own horn here, I don’t think I’ve slipped much.

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The morning after the ceremony, as they waved off guests who were returning to the mainland, the crew saluted the newlyweds with a toot of the horn.

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When elephants release sex pheromones, start randomly tooting or begin rubbing against each other, this is not chaotic or random behavior.

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