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hoot down

hoot down verb: to laugh at (someone) until they abandon a performance; to shout down (a performer) with laughter.

Verb

hoot down (third-person singular simple present hoots down, present participle hooting down, simple past and past participle hooted down)

  1. (transitive) To laugh at (someone) until they abandon a performance; to shout down (a performer) with laughter.

Forms of hoot down

third-person singular presenthoots down
present participlehooting down
past participlehooted down
pasthooted down

Questions about hoot down

What does hoot down mean?
Hoot down means to laugh at (someone) until they abandon a performance; to shout down (a performer) with laughter.
What part of speech is hoot down?
Hoot down is a verb.
What is the past tense of hoot down?
The past tense of hoot down is hooted down.

Words near hoot down in the dictionary

  1. Hoosierizes
  2. Hoosierizing
  3. hoosiers
  4. Hooson
  5. hoot
  6. hoot down
  7. hoot it up
  8. hoot owl
  9. hoot owl shift
  10. hoot owl shifts
  11. hoot owl trail

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