as in drunk
a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking
about every six months he disappears for a week and goes on a toot
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Recent Examples of toot
Tootsie Scooter — officially known as the divine Suzie Toot — has scooted her final toot on the RuPaul's Drag Race season 17 stage.
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Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Even if zero toots escape, moving your body can, again, encourage those gut contractions that pass food through your bowels and toward your colon.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 26 Nov. 2024
On Kelly Ripa’s Let’s Talk Off Camera podcast, Sonnenfeld told a tale of a toot.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2024
With a toot of its horn and a metallic screech, the Alishan Forest Railway rumbles out of Chiayi, a midsize city in southern Taiwan.
—Chris Schalkx, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Feb. 2020
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Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Even if zero toots escape, moving your body can, again, encourage those gut contractions that pass food through your bowels and toward your colon.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 26 Nov. 2024
On Kelly Ripa’s Let’s Talk Off Camera podcast, Sonnenfeld told a tale of a toot.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2024
With a toot of its horn and a metallic screech, the Alishan Forest Railway rumbles out of Chiayi, a midsize city in southern Taiwan.
—Chris Schalkx, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Feb. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toot
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Justin Timberlake, who closed out BottleRock Napa Valley 2025 after a turbulent year, is now fighting to keep video of his 2024 drunk-driving arrest from becoming public.—
Aidin Vaziri,
San Francisco Chronicle,
3 Mar. 2026
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First off, the guy on the sidewalk outside the liquor store was a drunk, not an oracle.—
David Sedaris,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The company’s hiring spree comes amid a dampened US labor market, as more companies pursue layoffs and pause hiring, often citing AI as the reason.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
22 Mar. 2026
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If David Ellison’s latest spree gets the thumbs up from the feds, this may be the last time the men’s title game will air exclusively on cable.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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Thanks to a recent scoring binge, the San Diego Gulls are getting hot at the right time.—
Ivan Carter,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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This Dell 14-inch laptop is the ultimate no-drama partner for my daily hustle and my late-night binges.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
17 Mar. 2026
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The first day of the tournament is also sort of like going on a casino bender.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
20 Mar. 2026
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Writer-director BenDavid Grabinski makes a strong case to change that in an exuberant time travel genre-bender where what’s old often leads to fresh ideas.—
Stephen Saito,
Variety,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Toot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toot. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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