TOOT (3)

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Toot, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tooted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tooting.] [[Cf. D. toeten to blow a horn, G. tuten, Sw. tuta, Dan. tude; probably of imitative origin.]] To blow or sound a horn; to make similar noise by contact of the tongue with the root of the upper teeth at the beginning and end of the sound; also, to give forth such a sound, as a horn when blown. “A tooting horn.” Howell. Tooting horns and rattling teams of mail coaches. Thackeray.