toot

¹

[toot]

verb (used without object)

1. (of a horn or whistle) to give forth its characteristic sound.

2. to make a sound resembling that of a horn, whistle, or the like.

3. to sound or blow a horn, whistle, or wind instrument.

verb (used with object)

1. to cause (a horn, whistle, or wind instrument) to sound.

2. to sound (notes, music, etc.) on a horn or the like.

noun

1. an act or sound of tooting.

2. Slang.,  cocaine.

toot

²

[toot]

noun

Slang.

1. a period or instance of drunken revelry; binge; spree.

   Those idiots went on a toot last night and spent the night in the slammer.

toot

³

[toot]

noun

Australian Informal.

1. lavatory; toilet.

toot

⁴

[toot]

noun

Chiefly Pennsylvania German.

1. a paper bag.

2. a paper cone used as a container.

toot

¹

/ tuːt /

verb

1. to give or cause to give (a short blast, hoot, or whistle)

   to toot a horn

   to toot a blast

   the train tooted

noun

1. the sound made by or as if by a horn, whistle, etc

2. slang,  any drug for snorting, esp cocaine

3. slang,  a drinking spree

4. slang,  a lavatory

toot

²

/ tuːt /

noun

1. an informal name for tutu 2

Other Word Forms

• tooter noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of toot¹

First recorded in 1500–10; akin to Low German, German tuten, Dutch toeten, Swedish tuta in the same sense; imitative of the sound; 1975–80 toot ¹ for def. 7

Origin of toot²

First recorded in 1670–80; origin uncertain

Origin of toot³

First recorded in 1945–50; perhaps jocular alteration of toilet

Origin of toot⁴

From Pennsylvania Dutch dutt; compare German Tüte, from Low German tüte “something horn-shaped, paper rolled into the shape of a horn”; toot ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of toot¹

C16: from Middle Low German tuten, of imitative origin

Example Sentences

City Hall, which dates to the 16th century, toots out a cheerful jazz bugle call several times a day.

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The orchestra warms up — there is the toot of a horn, the sound of strings.

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While walking the noisy, packed streets of the central city, with the engines of London Transport double-decker buses roaring, horns tooting and newspaper sellers shouting the headlines of the latest European crisis, he muses:

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"He's tooted that horn real hard... so to take a stance was surprising to me," he said.

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“Not to toot my own horn, but for a graduate of any film program, getting your first feature to Sundance is the biggest deal in the world,” says Gallo.

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Related Words

• honk