hoot

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hoot /h'uːt/ (hoots hooting hooted)
1 [VERB] V n, V, V at n
If you hoot the horn on a vehicle or if it hoots, it makes a loud noise on one note. (mainly BRIT)
I never hoot my horn when I pick a girl up for a date...
Somewhere in the distance a siren hooted...
I can be very rude to motorists who hoot at me...
[N-COUNT]
Hoot is also a noun. (in AM, usually use honk, toot)
Mortlake strode on, ignoring the car, in spite of a further warning hoot.
2 [VERB] V
If you hoot, you make a loud high-pitched noise when you are laughing or showing disapproval.
The protesters chanted, blew whistles and hooted at the name of Governor Pete Wilson...
[N-COUNT] usu with supp
Hoot is also a noun.
His confession was greeted with derisive hoots...
3 [VERB] V
When an owl hoots, it makes a sound like a long `oo'.
Out in the garden an owl hooted suddenly.
4 [PHRASE] V inflects, oft PHR about/for n, PHR wh
If you say that you don't give a hoot or don't care two hoots about something, you are emphasizing that you do not care at all about it. (INFORMAL)
Alan doesn't care two hoots about Irish politics...

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