hoot
verb (used without object)
to cry out or shout, especially in disapproval or derision.
will hoot
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future tenseof hoot.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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“Better luck next time, guys,” you will hoot as they kneel there, befuddled, matches in hand.
From Slate ● Mar. 4, 2019
Some people will hoot in support, others are annoyed.
From BBC ● May 25, 2011
Those who know the book will hoot at this decontamination; those who do not will be mystified as to how the story ever got its lurid reputation.
From Time Magazine Archive
Let me entreat thee to be gone; the boys will hoot at me to see me followed thus against my will.
From Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love by John Dryden
"You mistake, child," returned I, "we do want a coach; for if we walk to church in this trim, the very children in the parish will hoot after us."
From Eighth Reader by James Baldwin
