[
UK
/tˈuːtəl/
]
[ US /ˈtutəɫ/ ]
[ 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
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.