tootle

[ UK /tˈuːtə‍l/ ]
[ US /ˈtutəɫ/ ]

VERB

play (a musical instrument) casually
the saxophone player was tootling a sad melody

NOUN

the sound of casual playing on a musical instrument
he enjoyed hearing the tootles of their horns as the musicians warmed up

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How To Use tootle In A Sentence

Anyway, I heard this rather loud ‘crack’ sound coming from the main bedroom, so off I tootled to see what had happened.
Our fail-safe plan of copying the best things that anyone else was doing was actually failing, after most of the people we knew had tootled off to England.
He tootles around the island in a black, chauffeur-driven London taxi.
Trumpet him melodiously at first, but if he still obstacles your passage then tootle him with vigour.
When driving, do you flash your high beams and tootle your horn before overtaking? Slow Down, Bike Path Racer! « PubliCola
It's blissfully untouristy, although a floating gelateria tootles up and down the shoreline. Times, Sunday Times
The one you posted is almost like some of those Chinese translations "blow horn loudly" becomes "tootle with vigor", for example you see in Reader's Digest or something. Translating Gibberish
So, I got home Thursday evening from Atlanta and tootled off to work yesterday morning like a good girl.
It even inspired Eva to take out her tin whistle and tootle for a while. Winter Bloom
The Northern Professor and his Godpapa have tootled off down the drive for several days adventure in the north of England.

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