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# hoot

verb (hoot, hoots, hooted, hooting); noun (a hoot, hoots)

«hoot» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (of an owl) To make its long oo sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoot/#m1)
2. To sound a car horn (mainly UK, Australia). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoot/#m2)
3. To laugh loudly, or to shout in mockery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoot/#m3)
4. (informal, noun) A hoot is something or someone very funny: the film was a hoot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoot/#m4)
5. (informal) Not give a hoot means not care at all. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoot/#m5)

### In the lessons

In nature lessons, owls hoot at night (the tawny owl's twit-twoo is two owls calling). In everyday life, drivers hoot to warn others. In stories, a funny character is a hoot. Phrases: hoot with laughter, not give a hoot, what a hoot.

### Examples

- An owl hooted in the dark woods. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoot/#x1)
- The driver hooted at the cyclist. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoot/#x2)
- We hooted with laughter at the clown. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoot/#x3)
- The school play was an absolute hoot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoot/#x4)
- He doesn't give a hoot about football. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoot/#x5)
- The train hooted as it came into the station. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoot/#x6)
- They shouted and hooted with great glee. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoot/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb: hooted. Hooter is old informal UK slang for a car horn or a nose. In the USA people usually say honk for car horns.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hoot» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoot/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hoot» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hoot.html) on Mova free.