toot

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[ toot ]
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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.

  1. 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.

Origin of toot

1
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 for def. 7

Other words from toot

  • tooter, noun

Words Nearby toot

Other definitions for toot (2 of 4)

toot2
[ toot ]

nounSlang.
  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.

Origin of toot

2
First recorded in 1670–80; origin uncertain

Other definitions for toot (3 of 4)

toot3
[ toot ]

nounAustralian Informal.

Origin of toot

3
First recorded in 1945–50; perhaps jocular alteration of toilet

Other definitions for toot (4 of 4)

toot4
[ toot ]

nounChiefly Pennsylvania German.
  1. a paper bag.

  2. a paper cone used as a container.

Origin of toot

4
From Pennsylvania Dutch dutt; compare German Tüte, from Low German tüte “something horn-shaped, paper rolled into the shape of a horn”; cf. toot1

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How to use toot in a sentence

  • Hit 's mighty kuse unter me dat ole man Plato aint done toot dat hawn full er holes long 'fo' dis.

    Nights With Uncle Remus | Joel Chandler Harris
  • The locomotive emitted a long, lazy, softly modulated and thoroughly Southern toot.

    In Search of the Unknown | Robert W. Chambers
  • She will just have to lie on a soft cloud in some out-of-the-way corner, and eternally toot two trumpets, without other exercise.

  • Mr. Noland would drive up close to their wagons and toot his horn until he would nearly break it.

    Billy Whiskers' Adventures | Frances Trego Montgomery

British Dictionary definitions for toot (1 of 2)

toot1

/ (tuːt) /


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

noun
  1. the sound made by or as if by a horn, whistle, etc

  2. slang any drug for snorting, esp cocaine

  1. US and Canadian slang a drinking spree

  2. (tʊt) Australian slang a lavatory

Origin of toot

1
C16: from Middle Low German tuten, of imitative origin

Derived forms of toot

  • tooter, noun

British Dictionary definitions for toot (2 of 2)

toot2

/ (tuːt) /


noun
  1. NZ an informal name for tutu 2

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