Hoot

v. i.	1.	To cry out or shout in contempt. [imp. & p. p. Hooted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hooting.] Matrons and girls shall hoot at thee no more. - Dryden.
	2.	To make the peculiar cry of an owl. The clamorous owl that nightly hoots. - Shak.
v. t.	1.	To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts. Partridge and his clan may hoot me for a cheat. - Swift.
n.	1.	A derisive cry or shout.
	2.	The cry of an owl.
	3.	A very funny event, person, or experience; as, watching Jack try to catch that greased pig was a hoot. Hoot owl (Zool.) the barred owl (Syrnium nebulosum). See Barred owl. not give a hoot not care at all.

Noun	1.	hoot - a loud raucous cry (as of an owl)
	2.	hoot - a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt Synonyms: boo, Bronx cheer, razzing, snort, hiss, raspberry, bird
	3.	hoot - something of little value; "his promise is not worth a damn"; "not worth one red cent"; "not worth shucks" Synonyms: damn, red cent, shucks, tinker's dam, tinker's damn, darn, shit
Verb	1.	hoot - to utter a loud clamorous shout; "the toughs and blades of the city hoot and bang their drums, drink arak, play dice, and dance"

Bronx, Bronx cheer, a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, bagatelle, bark, battle cry, bauble, bawl, bean, bellow, bibelot, bird, bit, boo, booing, brass farthing, button, cackle, call, carol, catcall, caterwaul, caw, cent, chatter, cheep, cheer, chirk, chirp, chirr, chirrup, chitter, chuck, clack, cluck, cock-a-doodle-doo, coo, croak, cronk, crow, cry, cuckoo, curio, drum, farce, farthing, feather, fig, fleabite, folderol, fribble, frippery, gabble, gaggle, gaud, gewgaw, gimcrack, give the bird, give the raspberry, gobble, guggle, hail, hair, halfpenny, halloo, hill of beans, hiss, hissing, holler, hollo, honk, hoo, howl, hurrah, jest, joke, kickshaw, knickknack, knickknackery, minikin, mockery, molehill, peep, peppercorn, picayune, pin, pinch of snuff, pinprick, pip, pipe, quack, rallying cry, rap, raspberry, razz, red cent, roar, roll, row of pins, rush, scold, scream, screech, shit, shout, shriek, sing, snap, sneeshing, sou, squall, squawk, squeal, straw, the bird, toy, trifle, trill, trinket, triviality, tuppence, tweet, twit, twitter, two cents, twopence, war cry, war whoop, warble, whim-wham, whistle, whistle at, whoop, yammer, yap, yawl, yawp, yell, yelp, yo-ho, yowl

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