Verb

1. To cry out or shout in contempt.
2. To make the cry of an owl.
3. To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.

Translations

• Finnish: huhuilla

See also

• hooter
• hootenanny

Hoot generally refers to the call of an owl.

Hoot could also refer to:

• Hoot (slang for cocaine)
• Hoot (slang for person of Oriental origin)
• Hoot (comic book)
• Hoot (torpedo)
• Hoot (novel), a novel by Carl Hiaasen
  • Hoot (film), a 2006 film based on the novel
• The Hoot, a student newspaper at Brandeis University
• Hoot-n-holler, a communication device
• Bob Gibson's nickname
• Sometimes used in parts of Scotland as an alternative to the word "what"

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