toot
verb (used without object)
(of a horn or whistle) to give forth its characteristic sound.
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
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Hardly a citizen had tooted his automobile horn in the six years since Crump had banned traffic noise.
From Time Magazine Archive
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