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tootle

[ toot-l ]

verb (used without object)

, too·tled, too·tling.
  1. to toot gently or repeatedly on a flute or the like.
  2. to move or proceed in a leisurely way.


noun

  1. the sound made by tooting on a flute or the like.

tootle

1

/ ˈtuːtəl /

verb

  1. to toot or hoot softly or repeatedly

    the flute tootled quietly

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noun

  1. a soft hoot or series of hoots
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

tootle

2

/ ˈtuːtəl /

verb

  1. intr to go, esp by car
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a drive, esp a short pleasure trip
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈtootler, noun
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Other Words From

  • tootler noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tootle1

First recorded in 1810–20; toot 1 + -le
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tootle1

C19: from toot 1

Origin of tootle2

C19: from tootle 1, imitative of the horn of a car
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Example Sentences

Grandfather Tootle, the bassoon, spends his time in dozing: all you can hear from him is an occasional snore.

Mrs. Tootle, the flute, is of a romantic turn of mind, doting on moonlight and warbling birds and babbling brooks.

Mr Tootle is so far figurative, touching the dismemberment, as that he means the boat, and not the man.

But they never tootle now, and never sing, and when they speak, their tongue is that of the unmusical barbarians.

A man who lets his sword rust at home while he goes about tootle-de-rooling on a flute!

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