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hooting

verb

present participle of hoot

as in shouting

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as in jeering

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Hugh Milner showed up in front of the car and allegedly began shouting at the people inside.

— Jessie DiMartino, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
These steals are worth shouting about, with Shark Beauty, Elemis, mature-friendly brands, and viral K-beauty brands—Anua, Laneige, and Medicube—already on sale for up to 35% off.

— Madison San Miguel, Allure, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of shouting

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Once a lawyerly panel, a takeover by a trio of conservatives deeply mistrustful of the state’s voting system has turned the board’s once mundane meetings into boisterous events packed with crowds of cheering and jeering activists.

— Tamar Hallerman, AJC.com, 3 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of jeering

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Perhaps even more notable was his volume at prospect camp practice on Friday, hooting and hollering and firing up his teammates.

— Thomas Drance, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
The stallion gallops onto the field every time the team scores a touchdown, adding to the reverberating noise of fans hooting and hollering in the stands.

— Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of hollering

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The masked figure then loops back, and a howling Wood appears in the frame.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Late one night in October, 2017, Jane Marx, a landscape architect in the wine country of Northern California, woke up to the smell of smoke and the sound of an eerie, howling wind.

— Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of howling

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How odd that your in-laws can call your bed old and ugly, but balk at insulting their neighbor’s castoffs by not using them.

— Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2026
Trump has also lashed out at individual reporters in person or over social media, sometimes in strikingly personal terms -- insulting them in briefings, or in his recent speech at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of insulting

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The instrument bends to Brunious’ will, bellowing cheerfully into the night.

— Tracy Teo, AJC.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Kio takes in his new surroundings confidently, strutting through the grasses near his den while working on his roar, that is, until a bellowing elephant sends him racing closer to Mom.

— Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of bellowing

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Social media in South Korea have been filled with messages stoking fears about safety on Jeju, with some spreading groundless rumors and deriding the island.

— Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
In response, the players went on strike, deriding the proposal as anti-labor.

— Diego Lasarte, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026

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