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

How to use hooter in a sentence

Hooters is cleverly asking me to “Give a Hoot” about breast cancer.
The Misogynistic Companies Jumping On The Breast Cancer Bandwagon|Emily Shire|October 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sure, Hooters may have a vested financial interests in breasts—or rather, a very specific type of breast.
The Misogynistic Companies Jumping On The Breast Cancer Bandwagon|Emily Shire|October 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As the Hooters press kit shows, an appreciation for breasts does not automatically translate to an appreciation of women.
The Misogynistic Companies Jumping On The Breast Cancer Bandwagon|Emily Shire|October 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After 15 minutes, they packed up their protest and headed to Hooters.
The Scare Campaign of Open Carry Activists|Brandy Zadrozny|November 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Kat Cole, the chief executive officer of Cinnabon, started her career in high school as a part-time waitress at Hooters.
Companies Must Get Smarter About Hiring and Nurturing Part-Time Workers|Adam Lewis|September 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It's a pity, because the hooters would have fitted in to that poem most beautifully.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 29, 1920|Various
Again and again it wails, and its dying echo is taken up by a chorus of shrill and undignified hooters and syrens in the district.
'Green Balls'|Paul Bewsher
Dave had gone on a little jaunt to a water-hole to shoot hooters for supper.
The Sheriff's Son|William MacLeod Raine
Along comes Dave before daybreak, when the first hooters were beginning to call.
Bucky O'Connor|William MacLeod Raine
But the number of hooters in the streets at no time exceeded thirty, and they treated us to nothing worse than a few yells.
Retrospect of Western Travel, Volume II (of 2)|Harriet Martineau

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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