Meaning

10 senses
  1. To stand out, or be prominent.

  2. To peep; to look narrowly.

  3. To see; to spy.

  4. To produce the noise of a horn or whistle.

    tröten

    make a strident noise

  5. To cause a horn or whistle to produce a noise.

  6. (slang)To flatulate.

  7. (intransitive)Of a queen bee, to make a high-pitched sound during certain stages of development.

  8. (slang)To go on a drinking binge.

  9. (slang)To snort (a recreational drug).

  10. To post a message on a Mastodon instance.

    tröten

Examples

7 sentences
  1. You need to toot your own horn.

    deDu darfst nicht mit Eigenlob geizen.

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  2. I could boop boobs but I prefer to toot tits.

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  3. Stop tooting your own horn.

    ruХватит заниматься саморекламой.

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  4. You toot your own horn.

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  5. I made some cake the other day, and not to toot my own horn, but it was pretty good.

    deIch habe letztens einen Kuchen gebacken. Ich will mich zwar nicht selbst loben, aber der hat echt gut geschmeckt.

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Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to make the sound of a horn:

Origin

Probably onomatopoeic in origin. Compare Dutch toeteren (“to blow a horn”), German tuten,

Probably onomatopoeic in origin. Compare Dutch toeteren (“to blow a horn”), German tuten, Swedish tuta, Danish tude.

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Forms

toots, tooting, tooted, tooted
Base formtoot · to toot
3rd person singulartoots
Present participletooting
Past simpletooted
Past participletooted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytoot
he, she, ittoots

Past simpleLesson

all personstooted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave tooted
he, she, ithas tooted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill toot

Synonyms

38 synonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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