hooting

Definition of hootingnext
present participle of hoot

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hooting
Verb
  • The scene quickly becomes chaotic with shouting on both sides.
    MSNBC Newsweek, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
  • What was disturbing were people who sped past a foot away from elderly people, shouting obscenities with faces twisted in hatred.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • But after the first series of the 2026 MLB season, those same fans who were celebrating Bichette's signing a few months ago are now the same ones jeering him after an awful debut series with the Mets.
    Tyler Erzberger, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Video uploaded to social media shows the officers being battered by snowballs outside the rest rooms as dozens of parkgoers crowd around filming the cops and jeering at them.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The officer responded after hearing the father hollering for help.
    Mike Snider, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Those take-one-for-the-team moments had the Lakers’ reserves up and hollering.
    Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 9 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The political rhetoric aimed at ridiculing Canada bothers Johnson.
    Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Other potential candidates, such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Gavin Newsom, have achieved fame by berating and ridiculing the other side.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • But the way Marchenko insists on drawing lines of uncomplicated beauty through the howling darkness of these songs gives his solitude a luxurious, almost decadent quality.
    Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 31 Mar. 2026
  • McCartney did not go off-mic to show off to this crowd, but his ability to sing material that calls for a fair amount of howling remains a more than impressive enough stunt, at 83.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The judge ruled Thursday that Souhaib Qabli, a 23-year-old rapper, was guilty of insulting a constitutional body, his attorney Mohamed Taifi told The Associated Press.
    ABC News, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The judge ruled Thursday that Souhaib Qabli, a 23-year-old rapper, was guilty of insulting a constitutional body, his attorney Mohamed Taifi told the Associated Press.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The bellowing announcer was not-particularly-funny comedian Bert Kreischer, who has nothing to do with baseball but has a new series on Netflix.
    Sports Columnist, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Both its French and English versions use simple clear language to make devastating points about how quickly society can disintegrate into bellowing madness.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • News of the concert comes on the heels of a tumultuous few years for Ye, once a titan of the genre, who has since become better known for public outbursts on social media deriding both Jewish and Black people.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Dontzig and Peterman co-wrote 25 episodes of Murphy Brown including its landmark Season 5 opener — a response to then-Vice President Dan Quayle’s remarks deriding the lead character’s decision to have a baby as a single woman.
    Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2026
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“Hooting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hooting. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.

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