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# hoot

«hoot» in Mova's school dictionary: **To make its long oo sound** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (hoot, hoots, hooted, hooting); noun (a hoot, hoots)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (of an owl) To make its long oo sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoot/#m1)

2) To sound a car horn (mainly UK, Australia). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoot/#m2)

3) To laugh loudly, or to shout in mockery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoot/#m3)

4) (informal, noun) A hoot is something or someone very funny: the film was a hoot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoot/#m4)

5) (informal) Not give a hoot means not care at all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoot/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In nature lessons, owls hoot at night (the tawny owl's twit-twoo is two owls calling). In everyday life, drivers hoot to warn others. In stories, a funny character is a hoot. Phrases: hoot with laughter, not give a hoot, what a hoot.

### examples

- An owl hooted in the dark woods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoot/#x1)
- The driver hooted at the cyclist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoot/#x2)
- We hooted with laughter at the clown. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoot/#x3)
- The school play was an absolute hoot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoot/#x4)
- He doesn't give a hoot about football. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoot/#x5)
- The train hooted as it came into the station. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoot/#x6)
- They shouted and hooted with great glee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoot/#x7)

### note

Regular verb: hooted. Hooter is old informal UK slang for a car horn or a nose. In the USA people usually say honk for car horns.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hoot» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoot/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.