hoots

Meaning of hoots

exclamation
  1. expressing dissatisfaction or impatience.
    ‘Och, noo, hoots, Hamish! Wull yee no sing us a song?’

natural exclamation: first recorded in English in the mid 16th century as hoot ; the form hoots dates from the early 19th century.

plural noun

a low, wavering musical sound which is the typical call of many kinds of owl.

verb, 3rd person present
  1. (of an owl) utter a hoot.
    owls hooted, the new moon rose

Middle English (in the sense ‘make sounds of derision’): perhaps imitative.

Information about hoots

  • The singular form of hoots is: hoot.
  • Languages ​​in which hoots is used:

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Hyphenation of hoots

hoots

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • hoots is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

hoots synonyms

Meaning a loud inarticulate shout or scream expressing a powerful feeling or emotion:

cry

Meaning a cry made as a summons or to attract someone's attention:

call

Meaning a loud, harsh, piercing cry:

screech

Anagrams of hoots

shoot, sooth, Sotho, sotho, tohos, toosh

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