toot

1 of 3

verb

tooted; tooting; toots

intransitive verb

1
a
: to sound a short blast
the horn tooted
b
: to sound a note or call suggesting the short blast of a wind instrument
2
: to blow or sound an instrument (such as a horn) especially so as to produce short blasts

transitive verb

1
: to cause to sound
toot a whistle
2
slang : to take in (a drug, such as cocaine) by inhalation : snort
tooter noun

toot

2 of 3

noun (1)

: a short blast (as on a horn)
also : a sound resembling such a blast

toot

3 of 3

noun (2)

: a drinking bout : spree

Examples of toot in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Others simply tooted their horns and waved their flags. CiarÁn Fahey, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2024 People were driving around tooting their horns in cars displaying orange, white and green flags. CiarÁn Fahey, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2024 Banging drums, tooting vuvuzelas and loudly chanting slogans, the protestors called for the AFM and those attending the film market this week to boycott the hotel. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2023 The railroad rolls out all five of its Shay steam locomotives, tooting their whistles, chuffing black coal smoke, and fuming chutes of white steam through its piston valves and exhaust ports. Mark Orwoll, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2023 The one thing Sarah Burton’s stubbornly bad at is tooting her own horn. Sarah Mower, Vogue, 30 Sep. 2023 Not to toot our own horn, but ESSENCE’s print magazine has stories that are both insightful and entertaining! Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 1 Aug. 2023 The saga of phantom noises clapping through The View has seemingly tooted out. Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2023 The fans danced deliriously, tooting their vuvuzelas to the sky. Liam Taylor, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Mar. 2023
Noun
Setting action bricks along the track makes the train toot the horn, change direction, or turn the lights on or off. Nena Farrell, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2023 Gwyneth Paltrow has boarded the Skims train, toot toot!! Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 20 Sep. 2023 The Little Brown Jug gets one last toot in 2024 before going into storage (mostly likely in Ann Arbor) for 2025. Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 11 June 2023 At that moment, Haines scooted over in her chair, which made a toot noise. Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2023 Special thanks today to Martin Bencsik of Nottingham Trent University and James Nieh at the University of California, San Diego, for providing excellent examples of honeybee toots and quacks and woops. Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2023 Which is to say, a total toot. Paul McCallion, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2021 But his most visible stock in trade was trouble — a marital fight, a star blurting a racist remark, a drunken toot. New York Times, 29 Dec. 2020 The clinks of silverware and the occasional toot of the train create a soothing soundscape. Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Aug. 2021

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Word History

Etymology

Verb

probably imitative

Noun (2)

Scots toot to drink heavily

First Known Use

Verb

circa 1510, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a

Noun (1)

1641, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

circa 1790, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of toot was circa 1510

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Cite this Entry

“Toot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toot. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

toot

1 of 2 verb
1
: to sound a short blast
a horn tooted
2
: to blow or sound an instrument (as a horn) especially in short blasts
toot a whistle
tooter noun

toot

2 of 2 noun
: a short blast (as on a horn)

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