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US
/ˈhut/
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[ UK /hˈuːt/ ]
[ UK /hˈuːt/ ]
NOUN
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something of little value
his promise is not worth a damn
not worth one red cent
not worth shucks - a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
- a loud raucous cry (as of an owl)
VERB
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to utter a loud clamorous shout
the toughs and blades of the city hoot and bang their drums, drink arak, play dice, and dance - utter the characteristic sound of owls
How To Use hoot In A Sentence
- You see that you're undershooting and so, leaving the throttle as is, you attempt to flatten your descent path by lifting the nose a bit - and you enter the region of reverse command.
- I just stayed the dorm to around and shoot the breeze with a couple of friends.
- A few minutes with the heron book cleared up the mystery; they were tricolored herons, the first I had ever seen.10 By the end of the month American goldfinches were shooting around like tossed gold pieces despite another cold spell. Bird Cloud
- Defensive tackle is a bit more of a crapshoot, but the one thing they must make sure of is that whomever they take has a brilliant mind.
- It's unhandy at 300 yards, but then there's not a lot of shooting at 300 yards over there. The .375 H&H: Fraud or Scam?
- Country pursuits on offer include sheep-racing, woodcarving with chainsaws, small-bore rifle-shooting, wool-spinning, bee demonstrations, candle-making and ferret-racing.
- The shooting inflamed ethnic tensions.
- There is a constant cacophony of owl hoots and rustling rats. Times, Sunday Times
- In Florida, cruel men shoot the mother bird. on their nests while they are rearing their young. because their plumage is prettiest at that time. Beautiful Joe: An Autobiography
- No, Jack won't have nobody tell him what he can't ever be, even if he weren't born with a silver spoon in one end and an Harley Street hooter up the other. Jack Scallywag