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You can make 13 words from hoot according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of hoot

hoot ohot hoot ohot ooht ooht hoto ohto htoo thoo otho toho hoto ohto htoo thoo otho toho ooth ooth otoh tooh otoh tooh

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Definitions and meaning of hoot

hoot

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huːt/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /hʉːt/, [hïɯt]
• Rhymes: -uːt

Etymology 1

From Middle English houten, huten, hoten, of North Germanic origin, from or related to Old Swedish huta (“to cast out in contempt”), related to Middle High German hiuzen, hūzen (“to call to pursuit”), Swedish hut! (“begone!”, interjection), Dutch hui (“ho, hallo”), Danish huj (“ho, hallo”).

Noun

hoot (plural hoots)

1. A derisive cry or shout.
2. The cry of an owl.

3. (slang) A fun event or person.

4. A small particle; a whit or jot.

   Synonym: (dated) hooter

Usage notes

• (derisive cry) The phrase a hoot and a holler has a very different meaning to hoot and holler. The former is a short distance, the latter is a verb of derisive cry.
• (small particle) The term is nearly always encountered in a negative sense in such phrases as don't care a hoot or don't give two hoots.

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Verb

hoot (third-person singular simple present hoots, present participle hooting, simple past and past participle hooted)

1. To cry out or shout in contempt.
2. To make the cry of an owl, a hoo.
3. To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.
4. To sound the horn of a vehicle.

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Etymology 2

A variant of utu (influenced by etymology 1), borrowed from Maori utu (“payment, revenge, payback”).

Noun

hoot (uncountable)

1. (New Zealand, slang) Money, especially in the form of cash given as payment.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:money

References

Anagrams

• Htoo, OTOH, otoh, thoo, toho

Chickasaw

Alternative forms

• hoyot

Etymology

From hoyo +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hoːt/

Verb

hoot

1. dependent participle of hoyo (“to look for”)

Derived terms

• hoot aya

Finnish

Noun

hoot

1. nominative plural of hoo

Anagrams

• Ohto, ohto, toho

Middle English

Adjective

hoot

1. hot

Descendants

• English: hot

Scots

Alternative forms

• hout, hut, hute, howt, het

Etymology

Imitative. Compare English tut, Scottish Gaelic och.

Interjection

hoot

1. Precedes a disagreeing or contradictory statement.
2. An expression of annoyance or disapproval.

Usage notes

• Frequently used in the set phrases hoot mon or hoots mon.

Derived terms

• hoot awa
• hoot aye
• hoot fie, hoot fye
• hoot mon, hoots mon
• hoot na
• hoot-toot, hoots-toots, hout tout
• hoot-ye

Noun

hoot (plural hoots)

1. A term of contempt.

Verb

hoot (third-person singular simple present hoots, present participle hootin, simple past hootit, past participle hootit)

1. (transitive or intransitive) To dismiss idly with contempt or derision; to flout; to pooh-pooh.

Derived terms

• houttie (“irritable”)

References

• “hoot” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.