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hooty

hooty adjective: characterised by a hooting sound.

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
    • Berg's partner here, Sophie Daneman, a young British soprano, has a small, pure, lyric voice that occasionally turns hooty (characteristic of many Britsh sopranos).1998, American Record Guide - Volume 61, Issues 4-6, page 241
  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
    • Every time you turn around, there she is this summer in The Very best of Cher: The Video Hits Collection (Warner Bors. Records), not to mention her hooty '60s movies Good Times and Chastity (both MGM Home Video).2004, Pour Me a Video -, page 66

Examples of hooty in a sentence

  • The hooty noise came again and this time seemed much closer.2007, Caroline Plaisted, 10 Ways to Cope with Boys, page 65:
  • In this hooty gay twist on those "choose your own adventure" paperbacks, you have to save yourself from zombie drag queens2003 June 10, “Great Summer Reading”, in The Advocate, number 891, page 47:

Forms of hooty

comparativehootier
superlativehootiest

Origin of hooty

From hoot + -y.

Questions about hooty

What does hooty mean?
Hooty means characterised by a hooting sound.
How do you use hooty in a sentence?
The hooty noise came again and this time seemed much closer.
What part of speech is hooty?
Hooty is an adjective.

Words near hooty in the dictionary

  1. Hooton
  2. Hootons
  3. hoots
  4. hoots down
  5. hoots it up
  6. hooty
  7. hooty tooty
  8. hooty-tooty
  9. hoove
  10. hooved
  11. hooven

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