hootest

Verb

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

1. To cry out or shout in contempt.
   • Matrons and girls shall hoot at thee no more,1711, John Dryden, “Satire IX”, in Dryden’s Juvenal
2. To make a hoo, the cry of an owl.
   • The clamorous owl that nightly hoots and wonders / At our quaint spirits.c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First...
3. To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.
   • Mary felt extremely offended when the workers hooted at her.
4. To sound the horn of a vehicle.
   • When you arrive to pick me up, hoot, and I'll come outside.

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