hoot

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /huːt/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /hʉːt/, [hïɯt] Rhymes: -uːt === Etymology 1 === From Middle English houten, huten, hoten, of North Germanic origin, from or related to Old Swedish huta (“to cast out in contempt”), related to Middle High German hiuzen, hūzen (“to call to pursuit”), Swedish hut! (“begone!”, interjection), Dutch hui (“ho, hallo”), Danish huj (“ho, hallo”). ==== Noun ==== hoot (plural hoots) A derisive cry or shout. The cry of an owl. (slang) A fun event or person. A small particle; a whit or jot. Synonym: (dated) hooter ===== Usage notes ===== (derisive cry) The phrase a hoot and a holler has a very different meaning to hoot and holler. The former is a short distance, the latter is a verb of derisive cry. (small particle) The term is nearly always encountered in a negative sense in such phrases as don't care a hoot or don't give two hoots. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== hoot (third-person singular simple present hoots, present participle hooting, simple past and past participle hooted) To cry out or shout in contempt. To make a hoo, the cry of an owl. To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts. To sound the horn of a vehicle. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== === Etymology 2 === A variant of utu (influenced by etymology 1), borrowed from Māori utu (“payment, revenge, payback”). ==== Noun ==== hoot (uncountable) (New Zealand, slang) Money, especially in the form of cash given as payment. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:money === References === === Anagrams === Htoo, OTOH, otoh, thoo, toho == Chickasaw == === Alternative forms === hoyot === Etymology === From hoyo +‎ -t. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hoːt/ === Verb === hoot dependent participle of hoyo (“to look for”) ==== Derived terms ==== hoot aya == Finnish == === Noun === hoot nominative plural of hoo === Anagrams === Ohto, ohto, toho == Middle English == === Adjective === hoot alternative form of hot == Scots == === Alternative forms === hout, hut, hute, howt, het === Etymology === Imitative. Compare English tut, Scottish Gaelic och. === Interjection === hoot Precedes a disagreeing or contradictory statement. An expression of annoyance or disapproval. ==== Usage notes ==== Frequently used in the set phrases hoot mon or hoots mon. ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === hoot (plural hoots) A term of contempt. === Verb === hoot (third-person singular simple present hoots, present participle hootin, simple past and past participle hootit) (transitive or intransitive) To dismiss idly with contempt or derision; to flout; to pooh-pooh. ==== Derived terms ==== houttie (“irritable”) === References === “hoot”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.