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toot

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toot  (tt)
v. toot·ed, toot·ing, toots
v.intr.
1. To sound a horn or whistle in short blasts.
2. To make the sound of a horn or whistle blown in short blasts or a sound resembling it.
3. Slang To snort cocaine.
v.tr.
1. To blow or sound (a horn or whistle).
2. To sound (a blast, for example) on a horn or whistle.
3. Slang To snort (cocaine).
n.
1. A blast, as of a horn.
2. Slang A drinking binge.
3. Slang Cocaine, especially a small amount snorted at one time.

[Ultimately of imitative origin.]

tooter n.

toot
Noun
a short hooting sound
Verb
to give or cause to give a short blast, hoot, or whistle: motorists tooted their car horns [imitative]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.toottoot - a blast of a horn                    
sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them"
2.toottoot - revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
revel, revelry - unrestrained merrymaking
Verb1.toottoot - make a loud noise; "The horns of the taxis blared"
sound, go - make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'"
tootle - play (a musical instrument) casually; "the saxophone player was tootling a sad melody"
Translations
toot [tuːt] n [of horn] → bocinazo; [of whistle] → silbido
vi (with car horn) → tocar la bocina

toot [tuːt] ncoup m de sifflet (or de klaxon)
visiffler;
(with car-horn) → klaxonner

toot [tuːt] n [of horn] → Hupton m [of whistle] → Pfeifton m
vi (with car-horn) → hupen

toot [tuːt] visuonare;
(with car horn) → suonare il clacson

toot
n toot [tuːt]
a quick blast of a trumpet, motor-horn etc. toet صَوْت البوق клаксон zatroubení dyt das Hupen κορνάρισμα bocinazo, pitido, trompetazo tuututus صدای بوق یا سوت toitotus note, coup צְפִירָה भोंपू trubljenje dudálás bunyi terompet flaut, píp suono らっぱの音 (나팔·피리를) 뚜우뚜우 불기 (trimito) garsas, pyptelėjimas taures skaņas; taurēšana bunyi tut getoeter tut(ing), bert(ing) trąbienie apitadela sunet гудок zatrúbenie trobljenje trubljenje tutning, trumpet-, hornstöt การทำเสียงเป่าแตรหรือนกหวีด boru/korna sesi (小號、汽車喇叭的)嘟嘟聲 звук ріжка; гудок بگل، ٹرم، ناقوس کي آواز âm thanh ngắn喇叭)嘟嘟声
v
to blow or sound a horn etc He tooted (on) the horn. toet يَنْفُخُ في البوق изсвирвам zatroubit dytte hupen κορνάρω, σφυρίζω tocar (el claxon, la bocina) tuututama زدن toitottaa donner une note, un coup de לִצפוֹר भोंपू बजाना trubiti dudál membunyikan terompet flauta, pípa, þeyta lúður suonare 鳴らす (나팔·피리를) 불다 pūsti, trimituoti pūst tauri; taurēt membunyikan toeteren tute, berte trąbić apitar a suna din давать гудок zatrúbiť (po)trobiti zatrubiti tuta, blåsa ส่งเสียงเป่าแตรหรือนกหวีด çalmak, öttürmek 按(或吹)喇叭 трубити в ріжок; давати гудок ناقوس بجانا thổi )喇叭


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Then there was the music of the rattling harness, and the ring of the horses' feet on the hard road, and the glare of the two bright lamps through the steaming hoar frost, over the leaders' ears, into the darkness, and the cheery toot of the guard's horn, to warn some drowsy pikeman or the hostler at the next change; and the looking forward to daylight; and last, but not least, the delight of returning sensation in your toes.
By and by they came to the place where steel rails were made; and Jurgis heard a toot behind him, and jumped out of the way of a car with a white-hot ingot upon it, the size of a man's body.
The toot of a horn called all to supper, and a goodly party, including six children besides the Camp-bells, assembled in the long dining-room, armed with mountain appetites and the gayest spirits.
 
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