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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : toot |
| Phonetic Transcription : tut |
Définition of toot
Origin :- c.1500, ultimately imitative, also found in Middle Low German and Low German tuten "blow a horn." Related: Tooted; tooting. The noun is recorded from 1640s. Meaning "cocaine" is attested by 1977. Tooting as a strong affirmative (e.g. you're damned tootin') is attested from 1932, American English. Toots as a slang familiar form of address to a woman or girl is recorded from 1936, American English.
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- Far be it from me to toot my horn, Mr. Atkins, or to proclaim my merits from the housetops.
- Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- He began to sit up and listen for the Toot of the Dinner Horn.
- Extract from : « Ade's Fables » by George Ade
- Ahead, behind, to right and left, everything that could toot was busy and vociferous.
- Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
- You might go so far as t' give that bellerin' ironclad a toot.'
- Extract from : « Harbor Tales Down North » by Norman Duncan
- For awhile the toot, toot, toot of the trumpet could be heard from down the street.
- Extract from : « Nine Little Goslings » by Susan Coolidge
- Another cry of this species has been syllabised toot, toot, toot, toot-twee.
- Extract from : « Birds of the Indian Hills » by Douglas Dewar
- Trot out Mr. Allen, somebody, and let him take a toot at it.
- Extract from : « The American Claimant » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- There was the toot of a motor in the far distance, again repeated.
- Extract from : « The Burglars' Club » by Henry A. Hering
- Do you think theyre going to get out of the way if we toot a horn?
- Extract from : « Roy Blakeley, Lost, Strayed or Stolen » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
- Jim heard the toot of a locomotive whistle and looked at his watch.
- Extract from : « Sudden Jim » by Clarence Budington Kelland
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