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too·tle

(to͞ot′l)

intr.v. too·tled, too·tling, too·tles

1. To toot softly and repeatedly, as on a flute.

2. Informal To walk or drive in a leisurely manner; amble: spent the morning tootling around town.

The act or sound of tooting softly and repeatedly, as on a flute.

Phrasal Verb:

tootle off Informal

To depart; go.

[Frequentative of toot.]

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tootle

(ˈtuːtəl)

to toot or hoot softly or repeatedly: the flute tootled quietly.

a soft hoot or series of hoots

[C19: from toot¹]

ˈtootler n

tootle

(ˈtuːtəl)

(intr) to go, esp by car

a drive, esp a short pleasure trip

[C19: from tootle¹, imitative of the horn of a car]

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too•tle

(ˈtut l)

v. -tled, -tling,
n. v.i.

1. to toot gently or repeatedly as on a flute.

2. to proceed in a leisurely way.

3. the sound made by tooting on a flute or the like.

[1810–20]

too′tler, n.

tootle

- To toot continuously, as notes on a wind instrument.

See also related terms for wind instrument.

tootle

Past participle: tootled
Gerund: tootling

Imperative
tootle
tootle

Present
I tootle
you tootle
he/she/it tootles
we tootle
you tootle
they tootle

Preterite
I tootled
you tootled
he/she/it tootled
we tootled
you tootled
they tootled

Present Continuous
I am tootling
you are tootling
he/she/it is tootling
we are tootling
you are tootling
they are tootling

Present Perfect
I have tootled
you have tootled
he/she/it has tootled
we have tootled
you have tootled
they have tootled

Past Continuous
I was tootling
you were tootling
he/she/it was tootling
we were tootling
you were tootling
they were tootling

Past Perfect
I had tootled
you had tootled
he/she/it had tootled
we had tootled
you had tootled
they had tootled

Future
I will tootle
you will tootle
he/she/it will tootle
we will tootle
you will tootle
they will tootle

Future Perfect
I will have tootled
you will have tootled
he/she/it will have tootled
we will have tootled
you will have tootled
they will have tootled

Future Continuous
I will be tootling
you will be tootling
he/she/it will be tootling
we will be tootling
you will be tootling
they will be tootling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been tootling
you have been tootling
he/she/it has been tootling
we have been tootling
you have been tootling
they have been tootling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been tootling
you will have been tootling
he/she/it will have been tootling
we will have been tootling
you will have been tootling
they will have been tootling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been tootling
you had been tootling
he/she/it had been tootling
we had been tootling
you had been tootling
they had been tootling

Conditional
I would tootle
you would tootle
he/she/it would tootle
we would tootle
you would tootle
they would tootle

Past Conditional
I would have tootled
you would have tootled
he/she/it would have tootled
we would have tootled
you would have tootled
they would have tootled

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Noun	1.	tootle - the sound of casual playing on a musical instrument; "he enjoyed hearing the tootles of their horns as the musicians warmed up" sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them"
Verb	1.	tootle - play (a musical instrument) casually; "the saxophone player was tootling a sad melody" beep, claxon, honk, toot, blare - make a loud noise; "The horns of the taxis blared"

Translations

tootle

[ˈtuːtl]

A. N (Mus) → sonido m breve (de flauta, trompeta )

B. VT [+ flute etc] → tocar

C. VI

1. (Mus) → tocar la flauta

2. (Aut) we tootled down to Brighton → hicimos una escapada a Brighton, fuimos de excursión a Brighton
we were tootling along at 60 → íbamos a 60

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tootle

(esp Brit inf)

(on whistle etc: also tootle away) → vor sich hin dudeln (inf)

(= drive) → juckeln (inf); (= go) → trotten, zotteln; I’ll just tootle (down) to the shops → ich geh bloß mal eben (runter) einkaufen; it’s time I was tootling off → es wird Zeit, dass ich abzottele (inf)

n to give a tootle on the car horn → hupen; to give a tootle on a whistle → auf einer Flöte herumdudeln (inf)

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