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toot
(to͞ot)v. toot·ed, toot·ing, toots
v.intr.
1. To sound a horn or whistle in short blasts.
2. To make the sound of a horn or whistle blown in short blasts or a sound resembling it.
3. Slang To snort cocaine.
v.tr.
1. To blow or sound (a horn or whistle).
2. To sound (a blast, for example) on a horn or whistle.
3. Slang To snort (cocaine).
n.
1. A blast, as of a horn.
2. Slang A drinking binge.
3. Slang Cocaine, especially a small amount snorted at one time.
[Ultimately of imitative origin.]
toot′er n.
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toot
(tuːt)vb
to give or cause to give (a short blast, hoot, or whistle): to toot a horn; to toot a blast; the train tooted.
n
1. the sound made by or as if by a horn, whistle, etc
2. (Recreational Drugs) slang any drug for snorting, esp cocaine
3. slang US and Canadian a drinking spree
4. slang Austral a lavatory
[C16: from Middle Low German tuten, of imitative origin]
ˈtooter n
toot
(tuːt)n
(Plants) NZ an informal name for tutu2
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toot1
(tut)v.i.
1. (of a horn or whistle) to give forth its characteristic sound.
2. to make a sound resembling that of a horn or whistle.
3. to sound or blow a horn, whistle, or wind instrument.
v.t. 4. to cause (a horn, whistle, or wind instrument) to sound.
5. to sound (notes, music, etc.) on a horn or the like.
n. 6. an act or sound of tooting.
[1500–10; akin to Middle Low German tuten, Swedish tuta in same sense; orig. imitative]
toot′er, n.
toot2
(tut)Slang. n.
1. a binge, esp. a period of drunken revelry.
2. an inhaled dose of cocaine.
v.t. 3. to inhale (cocaine).
[1780–90; compare earlier argot touting heavy drinking, Scots tout, toot draft, swig]
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toot
Past participle: tooted
Gerund: tooting
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| Noun | 1. |  toot - a blast of a horn sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them" |
| 2. |  toot - revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party | |
| Verb | 1. |  toot - make a loud noise; "The horns of the taxis blared"tootle - play (a musical instrument) casually; "the saxophone player was tootling a sad melody" |
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Translations
صَوْت البوقيَنْفُخُ في البوق
zatroubenízatroubit
dytdytte
flaut, pípflauta, pípa, òeyta lúîur
garsastrimituoti
pūst tauritaures skaņastaurēšanataurēt
boru/korna sesiçalmaköttürmek
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
toot
[ˈtuːt]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
toot
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
toot
[tuːt]1. n → colpo di clacson
2. vt to toot one's horn → suonare il clacson
3. vi → suonare; (with car horn) → suonare il clacson
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
toot
(tuːt) noun a quick blast of a trumpet, motor-horn etc.
verb to blow or sound a horn etc. He tooted (on) the horn.
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