hooter

[ hoo-ter ]

noun

1. a person or thing that hoots:

   Some nights it's hard to sleep because those nesting owls are such noisy hooters.

2. hooters, Slang: Vulgar. a woman’s breasts.
3. British. a car horn, siren, or loud whistle.
4. British Slang. the nose.

hooter

/ ˈhuːtə /

noun

1. a person or thing that hoots, esp a car horn
2. slang.
   a nose

Word History and Origins

Origin of hooter¹

First recorded in 1665–75; hoot ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

It's a hooter you'd only be delighted with if you were a snowman.

From The Daily Beast

One of our aeroplanes sounded its hooter and dropped a message about 600 yards away.

From Project Gutenberg

They wandered on, hoping he would sound the hooter and so give them some clue to his whereabouts, but everything was deadly still.

From Project Gutenberg

It is easy enough to make people obey a bugle (or a factory hooter) as the Prussian soldiers obey a bugle.

From Project Gutenberg

Emily entered the room and Captain Obed began philosophically concerning the storm, which he declared was "liable to be a hooter."

From Project Gutenberg

And there was Billy, with his birch-bark hooter, forty yards below us—he could see the moose perfectly.

From Project Gutenberg