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fute

/fjuːt/

fute verb: to whistle.

Verb

fute (third-person singular simple present futes, present participle futing, simple past and past participle futed)

  1. (obsolete) To whistle.

Forms of fute

third-person singular presentfutes
present participlefuting
past participlefuted
pastfuted

Origin of fute

Onomatopoeia.

Questions about fute

What does fute mean?
Fute means to whistle.
What part of speech is fute?
Fute is a verb.
How do you pronounce fute?
Fute is pronounced /fjuːt/.
What is the past tense of fute?
The past tense of fute is futed.

Words near fute in the dictionary

  1. futch
  2. futchel
  3. futchels
  4. Futcher
  5. futches
  6. fute
  7. futed
  8. futex
  9. futexes
  10. futhark
  11. futharks

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