Hoot , n.
1. A derisive cry or shout.
Glanvill.
2. The cry of an owl.
Hoot owl (Zoöl.), the barred owl (Syrnium
nebulosum). See Barred owl.
Hoot , v. t. To assail with contemptuous cries or
shouts; to follow with derisive
shouts.
Partridge and his clan
may hoot me for a cheat.
Swift.
Hoot (h&oomac;t),
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.
To cry out or shout
in contempt.
Matrons and girls shall hoot at thee no more.
Dryden.
2. To make the peculiar cry of an owl.
The clamorous owl that nightly
hoots.
Shak.
Hear it pronounced