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give a hoot

give a hoot verb: to care about; to place value on something.

give a hoot: to care about; to place value on something
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Verb

give a hoot (third-person singular simple present gives a hoot, present participle giving a hoot, simple past gave a hoot, past participle given a hoot)

  1. (US, euphemistic, idiomatic, slang) To care about; to place value on something.
    • I don't care for a glorious name— / I wouldn't give a hoot for fame;1909 July, Wilberforce Jenkins, “A True Philosopher”, in Munsey's Magazine, volume 41, number 4, Light Verse, page 595
    • Give a hoot — don't pollute!1971 September 15, United States Forest Service, Woodsy Owl PSA, YouTube
    Synonyms:
    becare, bother, care, concern oneself, heed, mind, reck, trouble oneself, worry

give a hoot meaning in Malayalam

give a hoot in Malayalam

mind, care, be concerned
വകവയ്ക്കുക, സാരമായി കരുതുക, ഗൗനിക്കുക, കാര്യമാക്കുക, ശ്രദ്ധിക്കുക, കാര്യമായെടുക്കുക

Synonyms of give a hoot

All synonyms of give a hoot

Forms of give a hoot

third-person singular presentgives a hoot
present participlegiving a hoot
pastgave a hoot
past participlegiven a hoot

Questions about give a hoot

What does give a hoot mean?
Give a hoot means to care about; to place value on something.
What is give a hoot in Malayalam?
Give a hoot in Malayalam is വകവയ്ക്കുക, സാരമായി കരുതുക, ഗൗനിക്കുക. See Give a hoot meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is give a hoot?
Give a hoot is a verb.
What is the past tense of give a hoot?
The past tense of give a hoot is gave a hoot.

Words near give a hoot in the dictionary

  1. give a good damn
  2. give a good goddamn
  3. give a gun
  4. give a hang
  5. give a hell
  6. give a hoot
  7. give a hundred percent
  8. give a jackstraw
  9. give a knee
  10. give a light
  11. give a loose

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Adapted from Wiktionary: give a hoot (page history and authors); give a hoot (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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