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hootier

hootier is the comparative form of hooty.

Meaning of hooty

Adjective

hooty (comparative hootier, superlative hootiest)

  1. Characterised by a hooting sound.
    • Kegel has a distant, underpowered chorus and a dull orchestra. Tempos are too rushed for effect, and the interpretation is downright delicate - totally inappropriate. A hooty, scratchy soprano and a stiff baritone don't help.1988, Peter Hugh Reed, American record guide: Volume 51
  2. (slang) Very funny; hilarious; fit to make one hoot with laughter.
    • It's the kind of hooty melodrama Burnett used to spoof, but new series doesn't know where to look for laughs, with lame ideas lamely written (a cavewoman discovers cow's milk; Burnett is forced to impersonate her own celebrity look-alike) and others (a gay guy in Antarctica, Spike Lee ripoffs) that...1994, Variety TV REV 1991-92 17, page 4

Questions about hootier

What is hootier the comparative form of?
Hootier is the comparative form of hooty.

Words near hootier in the dictionary

  1. hootest
  2. hooteth
  3. Hoothodeyaa
  4. hootie
  5. hootie hoo
  6. hootier
  7. hootiest
  8. hootin'
  9. hootin' tootin'
  10. hootin', tootin'
  11. hooting

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