toot
The noise of a horn or whistleThe noise of a horn or whistle.
» You need to toot your own horn.
Du darfst nicht mit Eigenlob geizen. — Yorwba
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9 senses(countable)The noise of a horn or whistle.
He gave a little toot of the horn, to get their attention.
гудо́кgudók, свистsvist
a blast of a horn
(broadly, countable, informal)A fart; flatus.
(slang, uncountable)Cocaine.
(countable, slang)A portion of cocaine that a person snorts.
(countable, informal, uncountable)A spree of drunkenness.
(informal, uncountable)Rubbish; tat.
I'm not paying fifty pounds for this load of old toot!
(countable)A message on the social networking software Mastodon.
Tröt, Toot
(Australia, slang)A toilet.
(Scotland)A small child; alternative form of tot
Examples
7 sentencesYou need to toot your own horn.
deDu darfst nicht mit Eigenlob geizen. — Yorwba
I could boop boobs but I prefer to toot tits.
Stop tooting your own horn.
ruХватит заниматься саморекламой. — Karok
You toot your own horn.
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. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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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.
Perhaps a contraction of toilet.
An alteration of tot, borrowed from Scots.
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plural: tootsSynonyms
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3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable