hooting

verb

present participle of hoot
1
as in shouting

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2
as in jeering

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hooting
  1. shouting
  2. jeering
  3. hollering
  4. ridiculing
  5. howling
  6. insulting
  7. bellowing
  8. deriding
Verb
  • Feige said, shouting out Holland, Cretton, fellow producer Amy Pascal and distributor Sony Pictures.
    — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The officers began shouting multiple commands simultaneously, creating confusion for Aubrey.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of shouting
Verb
  • Those jeering fans quickly had plenty to celebrate, as Austria players surrounded and jumped on their last-gasp goalscorer.
    — Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 28 June 2026
  • Graduates boo speakers for mentioning AI At multiple college graduation ceremonies around the country, graduates and audience members were seen booing and jeering speeches.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 21 June 2026
Definition of jeering
Verb
  • More than 40,000 patrons crammed into Wrigley Field and the Cubs fans in the crowd were hooting and hollering after their team took a 5-0 lead through six innings Saturday, following a 16-2 win on Friday.
    — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026
  • 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
Definition of hollering
Verb
  • Trump hailed Bray’s announcement in a Truth Social post ridiculing the Indiana Senate leader.
    — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 31 July 2026
  • For example, 'Blazing Saddles' and 'All in the Family' confronted bigotry by ridiculing prejudice.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Definition of ridiculing
Verb
  • When giant hailstones start falling, or howling winter winds threaten to tear solar panels from the roof, the unprotected modules can do nothing but take the beating.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026
  • For hours every day, the husky, howling piteously, would try in vain to leap the walls of his prison.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
Definition of howling
Verb
  • Iran's government denied involvement in the 2022 stabbing, but its Foreign Ministry's then-spokesperson suggested Rushdie invited trouble by insulting Islam.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
  • In its portrayal of cross-gender relations, the series is consistently cruel to women, insulting to men, empathetic toward nobody and cynical about everything.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026
Definition of insulting
Verb
  • But the voice bellowing through the headset of quarterback Patrick Mahomes provides him an every-single-play reminder of Bieniemy’s absence.
    — Sam McDowell Updated July 30, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
  • Usually, a SpaceX test flight of a brand new spacecraft is accompanied with bellowing fanfare.
    — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 24 June 2026
Definition of bellowing
Verb
  • After years of deriding Mexican inaction on security, the United States appears to have found a willing partner.
    — Kevin Sieff, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026
  • Still, even such deployments have drawn scrutiny, with some on social media criticizing the film’s AI usage and deriding the movie’s quality.
    — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 2 July 2026
Definition of deriding
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