hooter

American  

[hoo-ter] / ˈhu tər /

noun

• hooters
  plural

1. a person or thing that hoots.

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

2. Slang: Vulgar. hooters, a woman’s breasts.

3. British. a car horn, siren, or loud whistle.

4. British Slang. the nose.

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hooter British  

/ ˈhuːtə /

noun

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

2. slang a nose

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• hooters
  plural

Etymology

Origin of hooter

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

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

hooter hooters

First-half tries from Ollie Smith, Kyle Steyn and George Horne, who added three conversions, had Glasgow in the driving seat before Seb Stephen's score after the final hooter secured the bonus point.

From Barron's ● Jan. 18, 2026

Showing just how tight the game was, Peet's side took no chances as Smith dinked a drop-goal through the posts on the half-time hooter just to edge Wigan further in front at the break.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2024

But it was Wigan who threatened most to edge ahead at the hooter, with Marshall being thwarted by Catalans veteran Mitchell Pearce, who put in a sensational try-saving tackle to deny him on the wing.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2023

A game-winning score was there for the taking after the fulltime hooter had sounded, only for star back Semi Radradra to drop a bouncing pass with the tryline open in front of him.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2023

The sound of our hooter and the sight of our flag, however, has wakened the drowsy fleet to a furious activity.

From 'Green Balls' The Adventures of a Night-Bomber by Paul Bewsher

But the Belgian then missed from close range for par on the 14th at the moment the hooters sounded to suspend play due to the threat of lightning.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 11, 2021

Like the Whos in Whoville on Christmas Day, the Rockefeller haters blew squeeze-horns and toy trumpets and hooters.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 27, 2016

The Rockefeller haters blew squeeze-horns and toy trumpets and hooters.

From Slate ● May 12, 2016

Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian The circus was in town and so were the clowns, Dictaphones cocked like hooters, bodies six deep in the mêlée.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 16, 2013

"To the Vita Nuova!" said Lettie, and we drank smiling: "Hark!" said George, "the hooters."

From The White Peacock by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence