hooting

present participle of hoot

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hooting
Verb
  • As Pillay speaks, he is interrupted by random beeps and Canada’s players shouting either in frustration or excitement nearby.
    Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 17 June 2026
  • There’s been such an outpouring of people online, from film critics to awards pundits, shouting out your performance.
    Matt Minton, Variety, 17 June 2026
Verb
  • It’s reported that some Knicks celebrators followed the Spurs back to their hotel, jeering and egging them.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 15 June 2026
  • Some of the people in that group began taunting and jeering at the dancing men, some of whom were shirtless and wearing bathing suits.
    CBS News, CBS News, 9 June 2026
Verb
  • Timothée Chalamet exited through the same tunnel and was also hooting and hollering with his fellow Knicks fans.
    Tim Rohan, NBC news, 11 June 2026
  • By the end of Alba’s rendition, the entire team was hollering and cheering and urging Messi to go next.
    Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 2 June 2026
Verb
  • The internet absolutely let Clavicular have it, ridiculing the influencer with a barrage of memes.
    Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
  • North Korea conducted a series of tests last week that state media said involved various new weapons systems, including ballistic missiles armed with cluster-bomb warheads, while its senior officials issued crude statements ridiculing South Korean hopes for warmer relations.
    ABC News, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • With a pummelling rhythm and howling guitar, the new song from fata morgana makes a desperate race against the doom loop.
    Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 10 June 2026
  • Lucy’s harebrained schemes constantly sent Ricky over the edge — and had audiences howling with laughter.
    Huntley Woods, Entertainment Weekly, 3 June 2026
Verb
  • The two-minute trailer includes a recreation of the famous sailor-kissing-a-nurse photo from V-J Day, a woman insulting David’s butter churning, some trench warfare repartee about the looks of a soldier’s love back at home, the Boston Tea Party, and jokes about child labor.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 11 June 2026
  • Reluctant to name favorite designers and boutiques for fear of insulting others, the actress spoke of her fondness for cashmere.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 9 June 2026
Verb
  • After the game, while Johnson was trying to explain the madness that had consumed his team, his answers were barely audible over the celebrity fan contingent bellowing their way out of the arena.
    Kyle Wagner, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026
  • The anti-Trump cries soon turned to bellowing cheers when those same cameras quickly cut to Knicks superstar Jalen Brunson courtside.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 June 2026
Verb
  • Though the bot sometimes suggested calling helplines, the lawsuit alleges that GPT-4o mostly allowed Alice space to fixate on her dark thoughts, in one instance even deriding suicide hotlines after Alice rejected the idea of calling one.
    Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 11 June 2026
  • Trump had long gone after Powell, deriding, berating and threatening to fire the ex-Fed chair.
    Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 1 June 2026
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“Hooting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hooting. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.

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