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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hoot \Hoot\ (h[=oo]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hooted}; p. pr & vb n. {Hooting}.] [OE. hoten, houten, huten; cf OSw. huta, Sw huta ut to take one up sharply, fr Sw hut interj., begone! cf also W. hwt off! off with it! away! hoot!] 1. To cry out or shout in contempt. Matrons and girls shall hoot at thee no more --Dryden. 2. To make the peculiar cry of an owl. The clamorous owl that nightly hoots. --Shak.
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