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hootings

/ˈhuːtɪŋz/

hootings is the plural of hooting.

Meaning of hooting

Noun

hooting (plural hootings)

  1. The sound of a hoot, or the occasion of producing this sound.
    • One small species, which is known to them by its melancholy nocturnal hootings (for as it never appears in the day few even of the hunters have ever seen it) is particularly ominous.1818, John Franklin, The Journey to the Polar Sea

Questions about hootings

What is hootings the plural of?
Hootings is the plural of hooting.
How do you pronounce hootings?
Hootings is pronounced /ˈhuːtɪŋz/.

Words near hootings in the dictionary

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

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