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

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:

From Salon

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

From BBC

“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.

From Los Angeles Times

As well as the fireworks, the players could also hear car horns tooting and police sirens during the opening two sets.

From BBC

"We want our steel back!" chants the crowd, as passing motorists toot their horns in support.

From BBC

Related Words

• honk