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hooting down

hooting down is the present participle and gerund of hoot down.

Meaning of hoot down

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.

Questions about hooting down

What is hooting down the present participle and gerund of?
Hooting down is the present participle and gerund of hoot down.

Words near hooting down in the dictionary

  1. hootiest
  2. hootin'
  3. hootin' tootin'
  4. hootin', tootin'
  5. hooting
  6. hooting down
  7. hooting it up
  8. hootingly
  9. hootings
  10. hootmalalie
  11. hootmalalies

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