hootin' tootin'

Adjective

hootin' tootin'

1. Rowdy; boisterous and noisy.
   • He was the best, hootin’, tootin’ son-of-a-seacook that ever hit a prairie breeze, in spite of this dum foolishness.1902, Henry Wallace Phillips, Red Saunders: His Adventures West and East, page 58
   • We’d knowed her since she was a yearlin’ as a swell spot for a nervous wreck to rest up in, but now she’s turned into a hootin’, tootin’ seaport, all disguised in wavin’ flags an’ banners.1936, Hearst’s International Combined with Cosmopolitan, page 59

   Synonyms:

   rootin' tootin'

2. That makes hooting and tooting sounds.
   • And an old-fashioned hootin’ tootin’ calliope from Sioux Falls.1961, Frederick Feikema Manfred, Arrow of Love, page 170