hoot
A derisive cry or shoutA derisive cry or shout.
» I could hear an owl hooting in the distance.
Мне было слышно, как вдалеке ухает сова.
Meaning
5 sensesA derisive cry or shout.
My performance drew hoots of derision from the crowd.
Johlen, Gejohle
ги́каньеgíkanʹje, улюлю́каньеuljuljúkanʹje, у́ханьеúxanʹje
a loud raucous cry (as of an owl)
The cry of an owl.
I heard the hoot of an owl. Whoo, whoo!
Schrei, Ruf, Geschrei
у́ханьеúxanʹje
у́ханняúxannja
(slang)A fun event or person.
The party at the weekend was such a hoot! Thanks for the invite.
Spaßveranstaltung, Spaßmacher
A small particle; a whit or jot.
We don't care a hoot about what you think.
(New Zealand, slang, uncountable)Money, especially in the form of cash given as payment.
Examples
18 sentencesI could hear an owl hooting in the distance.
ruМне было слышно, как вдалеке ухает сова.
Tom is a hoot.
I heard an owl hooting.
You're a hoot.
The owl hoots.
Сова ухає.
ruСова ухает.
deDie Eule schreit.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English houten, huten, hoten, assumed to be of North Germanic origin: SwedishFrom Middle English houten, huten, hoten, assumed to be of North Germanic origin: Swedish hut! (“begone!”, interjection) (also dialectal Norwegian hut, Bornholm Danish hut, hot), Swedish huta (“to drive someone away (with calls)”), Old Swedish huta (“to cast out in contempt”), related to Swedish hojta (“to holler”), hojt (“a holler”), further related to Middle High German hiuzen, hūzen (“to call to pursuit”). Swedish hut is the common command to call off and silence barking (hunting) dogs on the pursuit. Compare Swedish veta hut (“know one's place, like a dog”, literally “to know 'hoot' (the command)”).
A variant of utu (influenced by etymology 1), borrowed from Māori utu (“payment, revenge, payback”).
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