tootle

== English == === Etymology === From toot +‎ -le, frequentative. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtuːtəl/ Rhymes: -uːtəl === Verb === tootle (third-person singular simple present tootles, present participle tootling, simple past and past participle tootled) (intransitive) To make a soft toot sound. (transitive) To play (a musical instrument) making such a sound. (intransitive, colloquial) To go (somewhere); to amble aimlessly. (transitive, colloquial) To transport (someone somewhere). ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === tootle (plural tootles) A soft toot sound. 1891, Thirteen Essays on Education, London: Percival & Co., E. W. Howson, “The Teaching of Music in Public Schools,” p. 37,[9] No one, least of all those with a musical ear, can take a form or even read a book in close proximity to the ineffectual tootle of a flute, the maddening squeaks of a raw fiddler, or the spasmodic grunts of a euphonium. (colloquial) A trip or excursion.