hoot
verb (used without object)
to cry out or shout, especially in disapproval or derision.
had hooted
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past perfectof hoot.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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After we had hooted about his joke, he fixed her heart, as he always does mine.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2017
They had hooted and howled and hurled vegetables toward her and her co-star, Richard Martell, who, in the role of Don Jose, had just finishing professing his love for her.
From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2013
The British press, most of which had hooted in cheery derision at the flop of the Navy's Project Vanguard, now cheered.
From Time Magazine Archive
At that same Douzy, only a few days previously, the villagers had hooted and reviled a number of paroled officers who were on their way to Pont-a-Mousson.
From The Downfall by E. P. Robins
Where the owl had hooted over night a blackbird was singing, bold and bright.
From The Great Captain: A Story of the Days of Sir Walter Raleigh by Katharine Tynan
