Hoot
Hoot (hot) , intransitive verb
[Old English hoten, houten, huten; compare OSw. huta, Swedish huta ut to take one up sharply, from Swedish hut interj., begone! compare also Welsh hwt off! off with it! away! hoot!]
1.
To cry out or shout in contempt.
Matrons and girls shall hoot at thee no more.
2.
To make the peculiar cry of an owl.
The clamorous owl that nightly hoots.
Hoot , transitive verb
To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.
Partridge and his clan may hoot me for a cheat.
Hoot , noun
1.
A derisive cry or shout. — Glanvill
2.
The cry of an owl.
3.
A very funny event, person, or experience; as, watching Jack try to catch that greased pig was a hoot.
Collocations (2)
not give a hoot , not care at all.