v. i.
Matrons and girls shall hoot at thee no more. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
The clamorous owl that nightly hoots. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts. [ 1913 Webster ]
Partridge and his clan may hoot me for a cheat. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
Hoot owl (Zool.),
not give a hoot
v. t. To shout down; to cause (a speaker) to cease trying to speak by loud derisive shouts. [ PJC ]
n.
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