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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a loud raucous cry (as of an owl);

2. a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt;
[syn: boo, hoot, Bronx cheer, hiss, raspberry, razzing, razz, snort, bird]

3. something of little value;
- Example: "his promise is not worth a damn"
- Example: "not worth one red cent"
- Example: "not worth shucks"
[syn: damn, darn, hoot, red cent, shit, shucks, tinker's damn, tinker's dam]


VERB (2)

1. to utter a loud clamorous shout;
- Example: "the toughs and blades of the city hoot and bang their drums, drink arak, play dice, and dance"

2. utter the characteristic sound of owls; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hoot \Hoot\, v. t.
   To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with
   derisive shouts.
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         Partridge and his clan may hoot me for a cheat.
                                                  --Swift.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hoot \Hoot\, n.
   1. A derisive cry or shout. --Glanvill.
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   2. The cry of an owl.
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   3. A very funny event, person, or experience; as, watching
      Jack try to catch that greased pig was a hoot.
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   Hoot owl (Zool.), the barred owl (Syrnium nebulosum). See
      Barred owl.

   not give a hoot not care at all.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hoot \Hoot\ (h[=oo]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hooted; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Hooting.] [OE. hoten, houten, huten; cf. OSw. huta,
   Sw. huta ut to take one up sharply, fr. Sw. hut interj.,
   begone! cf. also W. hwt off! off with it! away! hoot!]
   1. To cry out or shout in contempt.
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            Matrons and girls shall hoot at thee no more.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   2. To make the peculiar cry of an owl.
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            The clamorous owl that nightly hoots. --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hoot
    n 1: a loud raucous cry (as of an owl)
    2: a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt [syn:
       boo, hoot, Bronx cheer, hiss, raspberry, razzing,
       razz, snort, bird]
    3: something of little value; "his promise is not worth a damn";
       "not worth one red cent"; "not worth shucks" [syn: damn,
       darn, hoot, red cent, shit, shucks, tinker's
       damn, tinker's dam]
    v 1: to utter a loud clamorous shout; "the toughs and blades of
         the city hoot and bang their drums, drink arak, play dice,
         and dance"
    2: utter the characteristic sound of owls