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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
Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
This holiday streaming entry will surely be a hoot for the whole family.
—Breanne L. Heldman, People.com, 14 Oct. 2024
Oshan Jarow, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
When each Ig Nobel laureate comes on stage to accept their prize, the organizers hoot along with everyone else.
—Byhannah Richter, science.org, 13 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Koch, taking on the role that won Bonnie Mulligan a Tony, is a felonious hoot.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
This holiday streaming entry will surely be a hoot for the whole family.
—Breanne L. Heldman, People.com, 14 Oct. 2024
Verb
Soon, nitrous shows were taken on the road, carried by traveling carnivals to new, hooting crowds each night.
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
When each Ig Nobel laureate comes on stage to accept their prize, the organizers hoot along with everyone else.
—Byhannah Richter, science.org, 13 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoot
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Giving a very early shout out to some of the biggest stars working today is the BIFAs breakthrough performance award (formerly the most promising newcomer award).Alex Ritman, Variety, 7 Dec. 2024
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In extreme cases, however, pressing that button elicits a shout of fear and anguish from Alba, like in one moment when the two are separated and Alba must race through a maze to reach Neva — only for the dog to be happily waiting for her as if nothing had happened.Jason Fanelli, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2024
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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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This has been happening throughout the Broadway run, with screams during the balcony scene and audible reactions to the line readings.Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Nov. 2024
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The screams eventually reach a crescendo, as video shows the shrieks getting gradually louder and louder until the group stopped.Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 28 Nov. 2024
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These bites of heaven get a double layer of cheesy goodness that's enough to make a Southern crowd holler.Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2024
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On Thursday, Wallace could be heard hollering alerts, other defensive backs were calling out coverages and defensive linemen were jawing back and forth with Tennessee’s front.Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 15 Aug. 2024
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Now, in elevating him to one of America’s premier diplomatic postings, Trump has managed to both insult our oldest ally and flout whatever remaining standards there are for holding a senior U.S. position.Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2024
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And now insult me with the dubious claim about your self-serving fiction being more important than the truth.Ayad Akhtar, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
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Whatever happened to common courtesies in lieu of belittlements, sneers or vilification?Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 3 Nov. 2024
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The Wilfried Zaha mural at Selhurst Park (The Athletic) What has never changed are the gripes and sneers that have attached themselves to this part of SE25, in the London borough of Croydon, for longer than Palace fans would probably wish to remember.Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 28 Aug. 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 22 Dec. 2024.
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