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   Hoot (ho͞ot), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hooted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hooting.] [OE. hoten, houten, huten; cf. OSw. huta, Sw. huta ut to take one up sharply, fr. Sw. hut interj., begone! cf. also W. hwt off! off with it! away! hoot!]
   1. To cry out or shout in contempt.
   
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   Matrons and girls shall hoot at thee no more. Dryden.
   
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   2. To make the peculiar cry of an owl.
   
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   The clamorous owl that nightly hoots. Shak.
   
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   Hoot, v. t. To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.
   
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   Partridge and his clan may hoot me for a cheat. Swift.
   
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   Hoot, n.
   1. A derisive cry or shout.  Glanvill.
   
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   2. The cry of an owl.
   
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   3. A very funny event, person, or experience; as, “watching Jack try to catch that greased pig was a hoot”.
   
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   Hoot owl (Zool.), the barred owl (Syrnium nebulosum). See Barred owl. -- not give a hoot not care at all.
   
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