tootle (redirected from tootling)

too·tle  (ttl)

intr.v. too·tled, too·tling, too·tles

1. To toot softly and repeatedly, as on a flute.

2. Informal To walk or drive in a leisurely manner; amble: spent the morning tootling around town.

n.

The act or sound of tooting softly and repeatedly, as on a flute.

Phrasal Verb:

tootle off Informal

To depart; go.

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[Frequentative of toot.]

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tootle¹

vb

to toot or hoot softly or repeatedly the flute tootled quietly

n

a soft hoot or series of hoots

[from toot¹]

tootler  n

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tootle² Brit informal

vb

(intr) to go, esp by car

n

a drive, esp a short pleasure trip

[from tootle¹, imitative of the horn of a car]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tootle - the sound of casual playing on a musical instrument; "he enjoyed hearing the tootles of their horns as the musicians warmed up" sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them"
Verb	1.	tootle - play (a musical instrument) casually; "the saxophone player was tootling a sad melody" beep, claxon, honk, toot, blare - make a loud noise; "The horns of the taxis blared"

Translations

tootle [ˈtuːtl]

A. N (Mus) → sonido m breve(de flauta, trompeta )

B. VT [+ flute etc] → tocar

C. VI

1. (Mus) → tocar la flauta

2. (Aut) we tootled down to Brighton → hicimos una escapada a Brighton, fuimos de excursión a Brighton
we were tootling along at 60 → íbamos a 60

tootle (esp Brit inf)

vi

(on whistle etc: also tootle away) → vor sich hin dudeln (inf)

(= drive) → juckeln (inf); (= go) → trotten, zotteln; I’ll just tootle (down) to the shops → ich geh bloß mal eben (runter) einkaufen; it’s time I was tootling off → es wird Zeit, dass ich abzottele (inf)

n to give a tootle on the car horn → hupen; to give a tootle on a whistle → auf einer Flöte herumdudeln (inf)