HOOT

hoot. Hoot, n. a shout of contempt; v.i. to shout in contempt

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Hoot (ho͞ot), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hooted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hooting.] [[OE. hoten, houten, huten; cf. OSw. huta, Sw. huta ut to take one up sharply, fr. Sw. hut interj., begone! cf. also W. hwt off! off with it! away! hoot!]] 1. 1. To cry out or shout in contempt.
Matrons and girls shall hoot at thee no more. Dryden. 2. 2. To make the peculiar cry of an owl.
The clamorous owl that nightly hoots. Shak.