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English

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:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-uːt|-uːt

Noun

The noise of a horn or whistle.
:He gave a little toot of the horn, to get their attention.

Verb

To stand out, or be prominent.
To peep; to look narrowly.
To see; to spy.
To flatulate.
To make the noise of a horn or whistle.
To cause a horn or whistle to make its noise
To go on a drinking binge

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Toot \Toot\, v. i. [OE. toten, AS. totian to project; hence, to
peep out.] [Written also tout.]
1. To stand out, or be prominent. [Obs.] --Howell.
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2. To peep; to look narrowly. [Obs.] --Latimer.
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For birds in bushes tooting. --Spenser.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Toot \Toot\, v. t.
To see; to spy. [Obs.] --P. Plowman.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Toot \Toot\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tooted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tooting.] [Cf. D. toeten to blow a horn, G. tuten, Sw.
tuta, Dan. tude; probably of imitative origin.]
To blow or sound a horn; to make similar noise by contact of
the tongue with the root of the upper teeth at the beginning
and end of the sound; also, to give forth such a sound, as a
horn when blown. "A tooting horn." --Howell.
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Tooting horns and rattling teams of mail coaches.
--Thackeray.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Toot \Toot\, v. t.
To cause to sound, as a horn, the note being modified at the
beginning and end as if by pronouncing the letter t; to blow;
to sound.
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WordNet toot
n 1: a blast of a horn
2: revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party [syn: carouse,
carousal, bender, booze-up]
v : make a loud noise; "The horns of the taxis blared" [syn: honk,
blare, beep, claxon]

Moby Dictionary
advertise , announce , annunciate , bacchanal , bacchanalia ,
bacchanalian , bagpipe , bat , bay , beep , bell , bender , binge , blare ,
blast , blat , blow , blow a horn , blow the horn , bout , bray ,
broadcast , bugle , bust , carillon , carousal , carouse , celebration ,
clarion , compotation , debauch , disseminate , doodle , double-tongue ,
drinking bout , drunk , drunken carousal , escapade , fanfare , fife ,
fling , flourish of trumpets , flute , guzzle , honk , jag , lark , lip ,
orgy , peal , pipe , ploy , potation , proclaim , pub-crawl , publish ,
randan , randy , revel , shriek , sound , sound a tattoo , sound taps ,
spree , squeal , symposium , tantara , tantarara , taps , tarantara ,
tattoo , tear , tongue , tootle , triple-tongue , trumpet ,
trumpet blast , trumpet call , tweedle , wassail , whistle , wind ,
wind the horn , wingding

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