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
The only pleasure left her was to raise the envy of those who had hooted her from Thrums, but she paid a price for it.
From Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
They had hooted Perry as he entered the ring; saluted him with catcalls and a few out-and-out hisses.
From Winner Take All by Larry Evans
