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hoot

Main Entry: ¹hoot

Function: intransitive verb

Language: English

1 shout : gritar <to hoot with laughter : morirse de risa, reírse a carcajadas>
2 : ulular (dícese de un búho), tocar la bocina (dícese de un vehículo), silbar (dícese de un tren o un barco)

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