hooting
- present participle of hoot.
Example Sentences
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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
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