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Synonyms for toot

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.
  • verb sound
Example sentences :
  • 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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