hooter
[hoo-ter]
- a person or thing that hoots.
- British. a car horn.
- British Slang. the nose.
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Origin of hooter
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Contemporary Examples
Hooters is cleverly asking me to “Give a Hoot” about breast cancer.
Sure, Hooters may have a vested financial interests in breasts—or rather, a very specific type of breast.
As the Hooters press kit shows, an appreciation for breasts does not automatically translate to an appreciation of women.
After 15 minutes, they packed up their protest and headed to Hooters.
Kat Cole, the chief executive officer of Cinnabon, started her career in high school as a part-time waitress at Hooters.
Historical Examples
Far away over the snow sounded the hooters of the ironworks.
Sons and LoversDavid Herbert Lawrence
The sound, the weirdness of the hooters in itself, would keep back a braver foe.
The Siege of KimberleyT. Phelan
Wednesday was quiet; so also was Thursday, our peace being marred by neither shells nor hooters.
The Siege of KimberleyT. Phelan
The hooters had been relegated to oblivion and already, swan-like, sung their sad, sweet song.
The Siege of KimberleyT. Phelan
I wonder if there were hooters when Tennyson wrote those popular lines about ringing in the New Year.
hooter
- a person or thing that hoots, esp a car horn
- slang a nose
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Word Origin and History for hooters
hooter
n.
by 1823, "anything that hoots," especially an owl, agent noun from hoot (v.). Slang meaning "nose" is from 1958. Meaning "a woman's breast" (usually in plural hooters) attested by 1972. The Hooters restaurant chain began 1983 in Clearwater, Florida, U.S.
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