give a hoot
idiom
informal
: to care at all about someone or something
—used in negative statements
I don't give a hoot about what they say.
I don't give two hoots about his problems.
Examples of give a hoot in a Sentence
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For people who don't give a hoot about sports, there's more than just football to celebrate this weekend.
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Joe Hernandez, NPR, 6 Feb. 2025
Go ahead and cry that makeup all over his nice blue shirt, Charity — Joey doesn't give a hoot!
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 25 July 2023
At the end of the day, though, atmospheric physics doesn’t give a hoot if carbon reductions come from China or the U.S.
—Time, 20 July 2023
Folks in Los Angeles County could not give a hoot about the Angels.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023
Even Prime Video’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel this year, with its flash-forward structure, tackled the fact that the eponymous comedian’s daughter resents her mother, who never really seemed to give a hoot about her kids.
—Esther Zuckerman, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2023
Even Prime Video’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel this year, with its flash-forward structure, tackled the fact that the eponymous comedian’s daughter resents her mother, who never really seemed to give a hoot about her kids.
—Esther Zuckerman, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2023
And like the Vanderbilts of yore, the Ambanis don’t seem to give a hoot.
—Mark Rozzo, Town & Country, 2 Apr. 2023
And while some people do give a hoot, litter is still easy to find.
—Jeff Kart, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2021
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Joe Hernandez, NPR, 6 Feb. 2025
Go ahead and cry that makeup all over his nice blue shirt, Charity — Joey doesn't give a hoot!
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 25 July 2023
At the end of the day, though, atmospheric physics doesn’t give a hoot if carbon reductions come from China or the U.S.
—Time, 20 July 2023
Folks in Los Angeles County could not give a hoot about the Angels.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023
Even Prime Video’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel this year, with its flash-forward structure, tackled the fact that the eponymous comedian’s daughter resents her mother, who never really seemed to give a hoot about her kids.
—Esther Zuckerman, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2023
Even Prime Video’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel this year, with its flash-forward structure, tackled the fact that the eponymous comedian’s daughter resents her mother, who never really seemed to give a hoot about her kids.
—Esther Zuckerman, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2023
And like the Vanderbilts of yore, the Ambanis don’t seem to give a hoot.
—Mark Rozzo, Town & Country, 2 Apr. 2023
And while some people do give a hoot, litter is still easy to find.
—Jeff Kart, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2021
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“Give a hoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/give%20a%20hoot. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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