Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hoot"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hoot \Hoot\ (h[=oo]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hooted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Hooting}.] [OE. hoten, houten, huten; cf. OSw. huta,
Sw. huta ut to take one up sharply, fr. Sw. hut interj.,
begone! cf. also W. hwt off! off with it! away! hoot!]
1. To cry out or shout in contempt.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hoot \Hoot\, v. t.
To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with
derisive shouts.
Partridge and his clan may hoot me for a cheat.
--Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hoot \Hoot\, n.
1. A derisive cry or shout. --Glanvill.
2. The cry of an owl.
{Hoot owl} (Zo["o]l.), the barred owl ({Syrnium nebulosum}).
See {Barred owl}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hoot
n 1: a loud raucous cry as of an awl
2: a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt [syn:
{boo}, {Bronx cheer}, {hiss}, {raspberry}, {razzing}, {snort},
{bird}]
3: something of little value; "it is not worth a damn"; "not
worth shucks" [syn: {damn}, {darn}, {shit}, {shucks}, {tinker's
damn}, {tinker's dam}]
v : to utter a loud clamorous shout: "the toughs and blades of
the city hoot and bang their drums, drink arak, play
dice, and dance."
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