to doot
9.9
To make a short playful horn sound as a joke
- verb
- /duːt/
- Informal
:
hacer doot
- She picked up her toy horn and started to doot happily, bringing smiles to everyone around.
Examples
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(The sound made when swiping the Octopus is now a common verb, as in "just doot it.")
Blog text (9) -
And that's how we roll, Mel, Mel dooting it up, bloking it back, growing it down.
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The kids ran around the house, laughing and dooting like they were playing in a band.
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During the parade, the clowns dooted their horns, making everyone laugh with their silly antics.
Synonyms
to toot
vsto doot
7
3.3
To make a short sharp sound with a horn or whistle
is lighter and playful imitation rather than a plain sharp signal
to hoot
vsto doot
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2.2
To make a loud, deep sound like an owl or a car horn
is a short playful hornlike noise not a loud deep call
9.9
Make a short silly sound like a small horn
is the playful imitation version rather than a generic sound
Phrasal Verbs
How Loud
Surface Forms
Etymology
To doot comes from the same sound word 'doot', which is like the simple word toot, so to doot is to make a quick, playful 'trumpet' or 'horn' sound to be funny.