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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  Tooting  horns  and  rattling  teams  of  mail  coaches. 
  --Thackeray.




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