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toot.

The noise of a horn or whistle.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtuːt/Received-Pronunciation/ˈtut/General-American/ˈtʊt/
  1. The noise of a horn or whistle.

    countable
    He gave a little toot of the horn, to get their attention.
  2. A fart; flatus.

    broadly · countable · informal
  3. Cocaine.

    slang · uncountable
  4. A portion of cocaine that a person snorts.

    countable · slang
  5. A spree of drunkenness.

    countable · informal · uncountable
  6. Rubbish; tat.

    informal · uncountable
    I'm not paying fifty pounds for this load of old toot!
  7. A message on the social networking software Mastodon.

    countable
Where this word comes from

Probably onomatopoeic in origin. Compare Dutch toeteren (“to blow a horn”), German tuten, Swedish tuta, Danish tude. Noun etymology 1, noun sense 7 ("Mastodon post") and verb etymology 1, verb sense 10 ("to post on Mastodon") are influenced by tweet (“Twitter post”).

verb/ˈtuːt/Received-Pronunciation/ˈtut/General-American/ˈtʊt/
  1. To stand out, or be prominent.

  2. To peep; to look narrowly.

  3. To see; to spy.

  4. To produce the noise of a horn or whistle.

  5. To cause a horn or whistle to produce a noise.

  6. To flatulate.

    slang
  7. Of a queen bee, to make a high-pitched sound during certain stages of development.

    intransitive
  8. To go on a drinking binge.

    slang
  9. To snort (a recreational drug).

    slang
  10. To post a message on a Mastodon instance.

Where this word comes from

Probably onomatopoeic in origin. Compare Dutch toeteren (“to blow a horn”), German tuten, Swedish tuta, Danish tude. Noun etymology 1, noun sense 7 ("Mastodon post") and verb etymology 1, verb sense 10 ("to post on Mastodon") are influenced by tweet (“Twitter post”).

noun/ˈtʊt/
  1. A toilet.

    Australia · slang
Where this word comes from

Perhaps a contraction of toilet.

noun
  1. A small child; alternative form of tot

    Scotland
Where this word comes from

An alteration of tot, borrowed from Scots.

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