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as in shout
a loud vocal expression of strong emotion
the courtroom erupted in hoots of laughter upon hearing the witness's sarcastic retort to the lawyer's arrogant remark
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as in snort
a vocal sound made to express scorn or disapproval
he ignored the hoots and jeers coming from the back of the crowd and kept on speaking until he'd had his say
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as in damn
the smallest amount or part imaginable
I don't give a hoot whether you want to go or not—you're going
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Recent Examples of hoot
Tim Grierson, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
Mathematicians greeted his assertions with hoots of laughter, called out to friends across the room, and threw paper airplanes.
—Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2024
Addison doesn’t hoot and holler around the locker room.
—Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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Noun
On its face, this could easily be a campy hoot, but Soderbergh and his two stars invest real feeling into this relationship — in particular, what drew Thorson to this much-older man.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
Mathematicians greeted his assertions with hoots of laughter, called out to friends across the room, and threw paper airplanes.
—Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
But visitors can do other kinds of hooting and hollering at Aspen Highlands, one of the four mountains that make up the Aspen Snowmass area (the others are Aspen, Buttermilk, and Snowmass), all skiable under a single lift pass.
—Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2024
Addison doesn’t hoot and holler around the locker room.
—Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoot
Noun
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So does Ancelotti, who raises his arms and shouts at the sky.—
Guillermo Rai,
The Athletic,
16 Feb. 2025
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The love is mutual considering the 26-year-old athlete gave Burrows a shout out a few days before hitting the field at the Super Bowl.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
10 Feb. 2025
Noun
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There was always laughter, followed up by an occasional snort sometimes!—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
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The book, with illustrations by English artist Hannah Farr, tells the story of how Henri gets bullied in doggie daycare because of his loud snort.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Apr. 2024
Noun
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Shortly thereafter, Facebook changed its name to Meta and sank $45 billion into its vision of a digital universe that most people just don’t seem to give much of a damn about.—
Boone Ashworth,
WIRED,
25 Sep. 2024
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But the rate at which people are ditching cable suggests that carriage fees won’t be worth a tinker’s damn by the time the looming batch of NBA deals expires.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
5 July 2024
Noun
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Pleas to end the mayhem were also ignored by the crowd as screams and commotion continued to fill the terminal.—
Bonny Chu,
Fox News,
23 Feb. 2025
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But the shrieking Ben and Mari hear is more than just screams.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Those tend to not have much applause or anybody hooting and hollering.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2025
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She wasn’t used to being around that many sailors all screaming and hollering for her.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
Fox News,
27 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Both fighters had been insulting each other throughout a heated press conference before things boiled over on stage.—
Ben Church,
CNN,
26 Feb. 2025
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About time people from the US come to understand how insulting this has been.—
Joshua Kloke,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Shows like this often get labeled as comfort food, which is sometimes delivered with a sneer.—
Brian Grubb,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2025
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Ruby’s face hardened, her lips twisting into a sneer.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
2 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The lack of logic Trump’s fun-house version of justice may not matter a whit to voters, or alter even slightly their perceptions of the two major parties.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
The Mercury News,
4 Feb. 2025
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The last-minute Annie Oakley act does not alter that one whit.—
The Editors,
National Review,
30 Sep. 2024
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“Hoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoot. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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