tooting
- present participle of toot.
Example Sentences
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So, while tooting your own horn can be uncomfortable, logging and publicizing on-the-job wins is about controlling your professional narrative.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
Brian, a former non league footballer and salesman, said: "I'm getting people tooting their horns at me, saying 'lollipop man, TikTok' and it's brilliant."
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2023
Dinner comes on plastic plates atop plastic stools to a soundtrack of tooting rickshaws and other street life.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2022
Without tooting my own horn too much, I'd say it's safe to say that I did just that.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2022
His trick was to sit with the horn in his lap for the first half of a piece, then start at the beginning and, tooting double time, hit the last note right with the others.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
