hooting

verb

Definition of hootingnext
present participle of hoot
1
as in shouting

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2
as in jeering

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  1. ridiculing
  2. roaring
  3. mocking
  4. sniffing
Verb
  • The crypto community is ridiculing filmmaker Cullen Hoback for producing a documentary criticized for its lack of factual accuracy and its heavy reliance on suspense over substance.
    Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Despite critics ridiculing the spending practices in some states -- leading to tense debates about learning loss -- education experts told ABC News the summer programming and high-impact tutoring proved to be vital in academic recovery.
    Arthur Jones II, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of ridiculing
Verb
  • The early starts were intended to beat the intense heat in northern Australia, while also avoiding the heavy trucks roaring past his two small wheels.
    George Ramsay, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
  • That unusual dynamic may stem from many employers having been caught flat-footed and short of staff after the economy began roaring back from the pandemic recession.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of roaring
Verb
  • South Park also piled on by mocking her in a recent episode.
    James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Nasrallah posed as a kind of Che Guevara of the Arab world—mocking his enemies, living mostly underground.
    Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of mocking
Verb
  • Though the term chroming might be new, sniffing run-of-the-mill items for their temporary hallucinatory effects has long been popular with younger people.
    Korin Miller, Health, 2 Oct. 2024
  • While sniffing legal products for their temporary hallucinatory effects is not new for young people, chroming is currently gaining traction on social media platforms like TikTok.
    Korin Miller, Health, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of sniffing
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