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hooting

  • present participle of hoot.

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The 20-something fan seated next to me felt the same way about Araki, hooting so much for his favorite filmmaker that he apologized.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026

A crowd came out waving blue and yellow national flags, cheering as the buses carrying the freed men passed hooting their horns.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2025

But then, only five days later, they set a baited trap in the Sheep Meadow and tried to lure in Flaco using a recording of a hooting female owl.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2025

He spent his nights hooting atop water towers and preying on the city’s abundant rats.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2024

In response, there rose another storm of hooting and stamping.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan