Definition of Hooting

1. Verb. (present participle of hoot) ¹

2. Noun. The sound of a hoot, or the occasion of producing this sound ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hooting

1. hoot [v] - See also: hoot

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hooting

hooshing
hoot
hoot owl
hootch
hootches
hootchie
hootchies
hooted
hootenannies
hootenanny
hooter
hooters
hootier
hootiest
hootin' tootin'
hooting (current term)
hootings
hoots
hooty
hoove
hooved
hooven
hoover up
hoovered
hoovering
hoovers
hooves
hooving
hoowee
hooyah

Literary usage of Hooting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Popular Romances of the West of England, Or, The Drolls, Traditions and by Robert Hunt (1865)
"THE hooting CAIRN. " On either hand, to left to right, Heath, pasture, stream, and lake, Glanced dazzling by, too swift for sight, The thundering bridges ..."

2. Hunger by Knut Hamsun (1920)
"They're night-owls hooting in Canaan! " I rose again, pulled on my shoes, and wandered about in the gloom, only to lay down once more. ..."

3. Hunger by Knut Hamsun (1921)
"They're night-owls hooting in Canaan! " I rose again, pulled on my shoes, and wandered about in the gloom, only to lay down once more. ..."

4. Memoirs of the Life of William Shakespeare: With an Essay Toward the by Richard Grant White (1866)
"... greasy caps, in hooting at Coriolanus' exile." Si., Act IV. Sc 6. It is true that the rhythm of all modern poetry depends merely upon accent, ..."

5. Twelve Mormon Homes Visited in Succession on a Journey Through Utah to Arizona by Elizabeth Wood Kane (1874)
"He wished to prove this on the spot by an interesting test, but our engine was hooting its impatience, and we were forced to resume our seats in the train. ..."

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