hoot
verb (used without object)
to cry out or shout, especially in disapproval or derision.
have hooted
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present perfectof hoot.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Had she addressed me, I probably would have hooted in response.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2025
If my boyfriend had been in tow, we would have hooted and hollered and marveled at the novelty, talking excitedly the rest of the way back.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2017
Some critics have hooted, others have applauded, but none have been able to ignore Moreau.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then he and his guests, who have hooted at the ineptitude of these "rude mechanicals," hear the clock strike and head off to bed.
From Time Magazine Archive
The women particularly are described as having been quite frantic against the Queen, and to have hooted and cried after her in the streets with terrific vehemence.
From A Child's History of England by F. H. Townsend
