hoot
Example Sentences
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The crowd erupted in cheers and whistles, hoots and hollers, clapping hands and stomping feet.
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These former collaborators were now in pitiful condition, turned out of homes and apartments, unable to find jobs, hooted at in the streets.
From Literature
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From the hooting of a young owl, they knew that the bear was far away; and Renn judged that they’d come far enough east to have escaped the Ravens.
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So on “SNL,” as Storrie’s monologue winds down, we see the Hughes brothers take the stage to polite applause and a few hoots.
From Salon
For all the sleep I got that night, I may as well have stayed up with the hoot owls.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.