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Toot   /tut/   Listen
verb
Toot  v. t.  To see; to spy. (Obs.)


Toot  v. t.  To cause to sound, as a horn, the note being modified at the beginning and end as if by pronouncing the letter t; to blow; to sound.


Toot  v. i.  (Written also tout)  
1.
To stand out, or be prominent. (Obs.)
2.
To peep; to look narrowly. (Obs.) "For birds in bushes tooting."


Toot  v. i.  (past & past part. tooted; pres. part. tooting)  To blow or sound a horn; to make similar noise by contact of the tongue with the root of the upper teeth at the beginning and end of the sound; also, to give forth such a sound, as a horn when blown. "A tooting horn." "Tooting horns and rattling teams of mail coaches."





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"Toot" Quotes from Famous Books



... The distant toot of a motor-horn came faintly from some point far to the south of him. On such a night, at such a place, all traffic must be from south to north when the current of London week-enders sweeps back from the watering-place to the capital—from pleasure to duty. ...
— Danger! and Other Stories • Arthur Conan Doyle
... chains of command," Blades interrupted. "Get me Rear Admiral Hulse direct, toot sweet, or I'll eat out whatever fraction of you he leaves unchewed. This is an emergency. I've got to warn him of an immediate danger ...
— Industrial Revolution • Poul William Anderson
... not a word, it was a sound that mingled threat and protest, something between a prolonged "Ah!" and "Ugh!" Then with a hoarse intensity of anger came a low heavy booing, "Boo! boo—oo!" a note stupidly expressive of animal savagery. "Toot, toot!" said Lord Redcar's automobile in ridiculous repartee. "Toot, toot!" One heard it whizzing and throbbing as the crowd obliged ...
— In the Days of the Comet • H. G. Wells
... The toot of a horn called all to supper, and a goodly party, including six children besides the Camp-bells, assembled in the long dining-room, armed with mountain appetites and the gayest spirits. It was ...
— Eight Cousins • Louisa M. Alcott
... now moved forward to the other angle three bars—at the fourth, beat again while turning the angle; the same repeated for sixteen bars—the lady having her right foot forward when the gentleman has his left toot forward; the waltz is again repeated; after which several other steps are introduced, but which must needs be seen ...
— Enquire Within Upon Everything - The Great Victorian Domestic Standby • Anonymous


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