TOOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does toot mean? 

• TOOT (noun)
  The noun TOOT has 2 senses:

1. a blast of a horn

2. revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party

  Familiarity information: TOOT used as a noun is rare.

• TOOT (verb)
  The verb TOOT has 1 sense:

1. make a loud noise

  Familiarity information: TOOT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A blast of a horn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("toot" is a kind of...):

sound (the sudden occurrence of an audible event)

Derivation:

toot (make a loud noise)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

bender; booze-up; carousal; carouse; toot

Hypernyms ("toot" is a kind of...):

revel; revelry (unrestrained merrymaking)

• TOOT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they toot    ... he / she / it toots   
Past simple: tooted   
Past participle: tooted   
-ing form: tooting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a loud noise

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

beep; blare; claxon; honk; toot

Context example:

The horns of the taxis blared

Hypernyms (to "toot" is one way to...):

go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "toot"):

tootle (play (a musical instrument) casually)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sentence examples:

Cars toot in the streets
The streets toot with cars

Derivation:

toot (a blast of a horn)

 Context examples 

The unseen ferry-boat was blowing blast after blast, and the mouth-blown horn was tooting in terror-stricken fashion.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The musicians fiddled, tooted, and banged as if they enjoyed it, everybody danced who could, and those who couldn't admired their neighbors with uncommon warmth.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

As for Jo, she would have gone up and sat on the maintop jib, or whatever the high thing is called, made friends with the engineers, and tooted on the captain's speaking trumpet, she'd have been in such a state of rapture.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)