hoot
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
A derisive cry or shout.
My performance drew hoots of derision from the crowd.
- 2.
The cry of an owl.
I heard the hoot of an owl. Whoo, whoo!
- 3.
(slang)A fun event or person.
The party at the weekend was such a hoot! Thanks for the invite.
- 4.
A small particle; a whit or jot.
We don't care a hoot about what you think.
Đồng nghĩa: hooter
- 5.
(New Zealand, slang, uncountable)Money, especially in the form of cash given as payment.
Đồng nghĩa: ackers, bees and honey, blunt, bones, brass, bread, bread and honey, Bugs Bunny, cake, cheddar, cheese, ching, clams, coin, cream, currency, dinero, dosh, dough, feds, fedi, finances, flizz, flow, funding, funds, gravy, gwop, gwolla, jack, legal tender, lolly, lovely jubbly, mazuma, means, money, moola, mozzarella, muck, oof, ooftish, paper, rhino, scratch, scrilla, shrapnel, simoleons, smackers, smackeroos, smackeroonies, spend, spondulicks, swag, wampum, wonga, yenom
Động từ
verb- 1.
To cry out or shout in contempt.
- 2.
To make a hoo, the cry of an owl.
- 3.
To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.
Mary felt extremely offended when the workers hooted at her.
- 4.
To sound the horn of a vehicle.
When you arrive to pick me up, hoot, and I'll come outside.
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From Middle English houten, huten, hoten, of - origin, from or related to huta (to cast out in contempt), related to hiuzen, hūzen (to call to pursuit), hut, hui, huj.