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plural of hoot
Synonyms & Antonyms of hoots
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
a loud vocal expression of strong emotion
- the courtroom erupted in hoots of laughter upon hearing the witness's sarcastic retort to the lawyer's arrogant remark
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2
a vocal sound made to express scorn or disapproval
- he ignored the hoots and jeers coming from the back of the crowd and kept on speaking until he'd had his say
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- birds
- [chiefly British],
- boos,
- Bronx cheers,
- catcalls,
- hisses,
- jeers,
- raspberries,
- razzes,
- snorts
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3
the smallest amount or part imaginable
- I don't give a hoot whether you want to go or not—you're going
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- aces,
- bits,
- crumbs,
- dabs,
- driblets,
- glimmers,
- hints,
- little,
- mites,
- nips,
- ounces,
- particles,
- peanuts,
- pins,
- rays,
- scraps,
- scruples,
- semblances,
- shades,
- shadows,
- shreds,
- skoshes,
- smidgens
- (also smidgeons or smidgins or smidges),
- snaps,
- specks,
- spots,
- sprinklings,
- strains,
- streaks,
- suspicions,
- touches,
- traces
4
someone or something that is very funny
- that stand-up comic is a hoot
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hoots
verbpresent tense third-person singular of hoot
Synonyms of hoots (Entry 2 of 2)
2
as in insults, derides
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for hoots
- bad-mouths,
- belittles,
- disparages,
- pooh-poohs
- (also poohs),
- puts down
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