hooter

[ hoo-ter ]

/ ˈhu tər /

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noun

a person or thing that hoots: Some nights it's hard to sleep because those nesting owls are such noisy hooters.

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

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

British Slang. the nose.

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Origin of hooter

First recorded in 1665–75; hoot¹ + -er¹

Words nearby hooter

hoot, hootch, hootchinoo, hootchy-kootchy, hootenanny, hooter, Hooton, hoot owl, hoover, hoover apron, Hoover Dam

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How to use hooter in a sentence

It's a hooter you'd only be delighted with if you were a snowman.
Kate's First Official Portrait: Will Artist be Sent To Tower for Hideous Picture?|Tom Sykes|January 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
One of our aeroplanes sounded its hooter and dropped a message about 600 yards away.
Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front|E. W. Hornung
They wandered on, hoping he would sound the hooter and so give them some clue to his whereabouts, but everything was deadly still.
A Fortunate Term|Angela Brazil
It is easy enough to make people obey a bugle (or a factory hooter) as the Prussian soldiers obey a bugle.
Lord Kitchener|G. K. Chesterton

Emily entered the room and Captain Obed began philosophically concerning the storm, which he declared was "liable to be a hooter."
Thankful's Inheritance|Joseph C. Lincoln
And there was Billy, with his birch-bark hooter, forty yards below us—he could see the moose perfectly.
Days Off|Henry Van Dyke

British Dictionary definitions for hooter

hooter

/ (ˈhuːtə) /

noun mainly British

a person or thing that hoots, esp a car horn

slang a nose

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