¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hooted
1. hoot [v] - See also: hoot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hooted
Literary usage of Hooted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1894)
"Nearly a year afterwards, in November, Mostyn, still in command of the Hampton
Court, was hooted out of Portsmouth dockyard and harbour by workmen and ..."
2. A History of England, During the Reign of George the Third: During the Reign by William Massey (1855)
"Prior to the Duke of Bedford's departure ford hooted. fQr j^ embassy he was hooted
by the mob, and as he was getting into the boat at Brighton that was to ..."
3. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1876)
"And I have heard her say she remembered the time when any person would have been
hooted for carr:- ing an umbrella in Bristol. RS 1753. ..."
4. Selections from the Writings of Walter Savage Landor by Walter Savage Landor (1856)
"It is ugly enough, to be carried quietly to the grave; it is uglier, to be hissed
and hooted into it. PETRARCA. Middling men, favored in their lifetime by ..."
5. The Life of Henry Irving by Austin Brereton (1908)
"... and hooted at for three weeks—The sequel—Plays in Glasgow and
Greenock—Macduff —Manchester—Adolphe, in " The Spy "—The amatory alchymist—His
walk and ..."
Other Resources:
