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rooting-tooting

rooting-tooting is the alternative spelling of rootin' tootin'.

Meaning of rootin' tootin'

Adjective (1)

rootin' tootin' (humorous superlative rootinest tootinest)

  1. (US, informal, traditionally associated with the Wild West) Loudly exciting or impressive; boisterous, riotous.
    • I am happy to second the nomination of that rootin’, tootin’, son-of-a-gun from Pennsylvania, Jimmy Van Zandt.1933 August 31, George K. Brobeck, “Fifth Business Session, August 31, 1933”, in Proceedings of the 34th National Encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Milwaukee...
    Synonyms:
    hootin' tootin'

Adjective (2)

rootin' tootin'

  1. (archaic, rare, Lancashire) Overly inquisitive about other's affairs; interfering, nosy.
    • ROOTIN’, […] meddlesome, inquisitive. / He’s a rootin’ tootin’ sort of a chap.[1881 (date recorded), John H[oward] Nodal, George Milner, “ROOTIN’”, in A Glossary of the Lancashire Dialect (Publications of the Manchester Literary Club), part II (F–Z), Manchester: […] [F]or the...
    Synonyms:
    meddlesome, prying

Forms of rooting-tooting

superlative (humorous)rootingest-tootingest

Questions about rooting-tooting

What is rooting-tooting the alternative spelling of?
Rooting-tooting is the alternative spelling of rootin' tootin'.

Words near rooting-tooting in the dictionary

  1. rooting interests
  2. rooting out
  3. rooting reflex
  4. rooting tooting
  5. rooting up
  6. rooting-tooting
  7. rootings
  8. rootkit
  9. rootkits
  10. rootkitted
  11. rootkitting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rooting-tooting (page history and authors); rootin' tootin' (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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