Thesaurus: hoot

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1. v. i. To cry out or shout in contempt.
2. v. i. To make the peculiar cry of an owl.
3. v. t. To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.
4. n. A derisive cry or shout.
5. n. The cry of an owl.
6. n. a loud raucous cry (as of an owl)
7. n. a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
8. n. something of little value
9. v. to utter a loud clamorous shout
10. v. utter the characteristic sound of owls
11. 1. To cry out or shout in contempt. Matrons and girls shall hoot at thee no more. Dryden. 2. To make the peculiar cry of an owl. The clamorous owl that nightly hoots. Shak. To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts. Partridge and his clan may hoot me for a cheat. Swift. 1. A derisive cry or shout. Glanvill. 2. The cry of an owl. Hoot owl (Zoöl.), the barred owl (Syrnium nebulosum). See Barred owl.
12. To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow withderisive shouts.Partridge and his clan may hoot me for a cheat. Swift.