toot
verb (used without object)
(of a horn or whistle) to give forth its characteristic sound.
tooting
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present participleof toot.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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A van driver has been given a criminal conviction and told to pay £266 for tooting his horn to attract the attention of a friend.
From BBC ● May 23, 2026
It’s time to start tooting your own horn at work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
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 ● Sep. 1, 2025
“I don’t like tooting my horn,” he said, but he continued: “You don’t have to be that big to know what you are doing.”
From New York Times ● May 3, 2024
With drums beating, horn tooting, Mary Toy squealing, and Papa and them in the Cadillac right behind us, the crowd pushed forward toward Cold Sassy’s new day dawnin’.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
