hoot
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"But the kid inside of you wants to break out and just hoot and holler."
From Barron's ● Apr. 4, 2026
His singing of Oscar Straus and Leo Robin’s “Oh, That Mitzi” is a hoot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
Elton’s motivations don’t make sense, but at least Cera barges into the movie with so much energy that his sequence is a hoot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2025
Heard less for the testimony than to hoot at the accompanying circus.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2025
Ernie eventually came down from the bedroom, even started going back Outside again, but he refused to see Tess, even though Genie was pretty sure Tess wouldn’t give a hoot about how Ernie looked.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
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 ● Mar. 6, 2026
The depictions of Ruth’s uptight and stingy brother Hyacinth and jealous and mother-in-law from hell “old Mrs. Hall” are both hoots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
"Mainly that she really does not care two hoots what anybody thinks. Never did, never will, and I love that about her," she said.
From BBC ● May 28, 2024
All week I’d reveled in the cackles of leaf monkeys, hoots of gibbons, and barks of macaques, plus choruses of birds and frogs—all backed by the hums and whines of insects.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 23, 2024
When we were finished, there was applause and hoots of enthusiasm, almost as if we were cheering the team making a goal-line stand.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
A barred owl hooted and shook its feathers in a sycamore above the creek, and red-bellied cooters sunned themselves on half-submerged logs.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2026
Had she addressed me, I probably would have hooted in response.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2025
The viewers clapped when Chris Tucker appeared onscreen, and they hooted for Viola Davis.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2023
A speeding motorist hooted frantically to warn traders on the sides of the road to move away.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 19, 2023
Madame Semele hooted and hugged herself, swaying back and forth, bony fingers clutching her sides.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
But who would watch a show about Charlotte and Harry, and LTW and Herbert, living and loving and occasionally hooting in support of their friend’s corny a cappella outfit?
From Salon ● May 29, 2025
Parnther, a charismatic figure, has a growing fan base for his conducting, and he elicited hooting and hollering from the audience.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2024
He spent his nights hooting atop water towers and preying on the city’s abundant rats.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2024
For one day a year the hustle and bustle of London's Whitehall - gawking tourists, chanting protestors and hooting taxis - is swept away and in its place a very different slice of Britain descends.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2023
Animals smiled as the owl glided over, hooting, “Don’t be afraid! A little caution is all you need!”
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
