Tooting

Tooting
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. [1913 Webster]

Tooting horns and rattling teams of mail coaches. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]


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