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as in shout
a loud vocal expression of strong emotion
the courtroom erupted in hoots of laughter upon hearing the witness's sarcastic retort to the lawyer's arrogant remark
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as in snort
a vocal sound made to express scorn or disapproval
he ignored the hoots and jeers coming from the back of the crowd and kept on speaking until he'd had his say
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as in damn
the smallest amount or part imaginable
I don't give a hoot whether you want to go or not—you're going
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Recent Examples of hoot
Brian Grubb, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
Margaret Qualley, as the former A-lister's younger self, also goes for broke in a film that's a disturbing, hilarious and jaw-dropping hoot.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
Sharks Mark Cuban and Greiner hooted and hollered their dislike of the espresso martini's taste.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 19 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Oldman seems to be having a hoot in the role, too, which has landed him one of the show’s aforementioned Emmy nominations.
—Brian Grubb, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
Margaret Qualley, as the former A-lister's younger self, also goes for broke in a film that's a disturbing, hilarious and jaw-dropping hoot.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
Verb
But the track was more than just a time capsule; its hooting percussion and saucy flutes exploded from the speakers in a way that still sounds original, even alien, decades later.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
Sharks Mark Cuban and Greiner hooted and hollered their dislike of the espresso martini's taste.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 19 Oct. 2024
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Using an ingenious strategy, Corbett positioned the villagers to create a human barrier, their loud shouts and pounding drums designed to flush the tiger out of hiding.Scott Travers, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth’s opening statement was repeatedly interrupted by several protesters who were swiftly removed from the hearing room after disturbing his confirmation proceedings with shouts and cries.Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 14 Jan. 2025
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The book, with illustrations by English artist Hannah Farr, tells the story of how Henri gets bullied in doggie daycare because of his loud snort.Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2024
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But back in the late 90s, people could crush the pills, turning a slow-release narcotic into a rapidly acting drug, a snort or injection leading to an intense high.Peter Ubel, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
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Shortly thereafter, Facebook changed its name to Meta and sank $45 billion into its vision of a digital universe that most people just don’t seem to give much of a damn about.Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 25 Sep. 2024
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But the rate at which people are ditching cable suggests that carriage fees won’t be worth a tinker’s damn by the time the looming batch of NBA deals expires.Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 5 July 2024
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Suddenly, a woman is yanked through a mirror — a moment punctuated by the funniest shriek this side of the Wilhem scream — and the plot is pulled into the ’80s: a critical framing shift that’s never once made explicit.Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 3 Jan. 2025
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Break out three giant claps, a dazzling smile and a deafening scream.Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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While this might make some architects holler, he’s got a point: who among us doesn’t have the ability to create things...Chris Westfall, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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Davis and subsequently Streep — whose acceptance speech included a biographical survey of half the celebrities in the room and a call for resistance made in a voice gone hoarse by hollering at Women’s March protests the day before — know the only way out is through.Vulture Staff, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2025
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The pair have taken shots at each other over the years, with Shaq being the primary aggressor, sporadically insulting his predecessor with unflattering jokes and blatant slights.Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 7 Jan. 2025
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To expect bank-enhancing results from this kind of substitution insults reason as much as the conceit about bank capital requirements themselves. Follow me on Twitter.John Tamny, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Ruby’s face hardened, her lips twisting into a sneer.Lizz Schumer, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
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Donning false teeth and a homicidal sneer, Dafoe embodied pure evil in Lynch’s crazed road movie, starring opposite Laura Dern and Nicolas Cage.Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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The last-minute Annie Oakley act does not alter that one whit.The Editors, National Review, 30 Sep. 2024
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The same wellness warriors who fret about microplastics seem not to care one whit about the breakdown of medical aesthetics.Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 23 July 2024
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“Hoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoot. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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