hooted — mod. alcohol intoxicated. □ Jed got himself good and hooted. □ Ted is too hooted to drive … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
hooted — adj American drunk. Although the term, recorded among adolescents, usually describes intoxication by alcohol, it may be influ enced by the noun form hooter , denot ing a joint. Alternatively, it may be inspired by the hooting of inebriated cel… … Contemporary slang
hooted — huËt n. cry of an owl; shout, cry (often of disapproval); sound of a horn or whistle (British) v. make a sound like the cry of an owl; shout, yell (in disapproval); sound a horn, blow a whistle (British) … English contemporary dictionary
hoot — [[t]hu͟ːt[/t]] hoots, hooting, hooted 1) V ERG If you hoot the horn on a vehicle or if it hoots, it makes a loud noise on one note. [mainly BRIT] [V n] I never hoot my horn when I pick a girl up for a date... Somewhere in the distance a siren… … English dictionary
hoot — 1. in. to laugh loudly. □ The audience screamed and hooted with their appreciation. □ They howled and hooted. I know they just loved it. 2. n. a joke; something laughable. □ The whole business was a terrific hoot … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
hoot — I. verb Etymology: Middle English houten, of imitative origin Date: 13th century intransitive verb 1. to shout or laugh usually derisively 2. to make the natural throat noise of an owl or a similar cry 3. to make a loud clamorous mechanical sound … New Collegiate Dictionary
hoot — hoot1 hootingly, adv. /hooht/, v.i. 1. to cry out or shout, esp. in disapproval or derision. 2. to utter the cry characteristic of an owl. 3. to utter a similar sound. 4. Chiefly Brit. to blow a horn or whistle; toot. v.t. 5. to assail with… … Universalium
hoot — 1. noun 1) the hoot of an owl Syn: screech, shriek, call, cry 2) hoots of derision Syn: shout, yell, cry, snort, howl, shriek, whoop, whistle; … Thesaurus of popular words
hoot — I UK [huːt] / US [hut] noun [countable] Word forms hoot : singular hoot plural hoots a short loud sound made by people who are laughing or criticizing something hoots of laughter hoots of derision from the audience a) a short loud sound made by… … English dictionary
castigatory — Cucking stool Cuck ing stool (k?k ?ng st??l ). [Cf. AS. scealfingst[=o]l, a word of similar meaning, allied to scealfor a diver, mergus avis; or possibly from F. coquine a hussy, slut, jade, f. of coquin, OE. cokin, a rascal; or cf. Icel. k?ka to … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
