to let out a doot
- phrasal verb
- Informal
:
soltar un sonido
- The toy makes children laugh when it lets out a doot as you squeeze it.
Examples
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Whenever she's nervous, she sometimes lets out a doot without realizing it.
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He couldn't help but let out a doot during the funny part of the song.
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He let out a doot during the meeting.
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Did she let out a doot in class?
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The comedian let out a doot that made the audience burst into laughter.
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My little brother always lets out a doot when he's trying to be funny.
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At the party, someone let out a doot that had everyone giggling.
Synonyms
107
1.3
To make a short high sound, often as a signal
82
1.4
To make a short high sound when things move or rub together
47
7.0
To make a high thin sound like a small bird or child
42
1.3
To make a sound that is loud or easy to hear
27
3.3
To move quickly while making a high whistling sound
7
3.3
To make a short sharp sound with a horn or whistle
6
3.9
Make a sudden loud sound, like a shout or laugh
2
1.5
To make a short high sound like a baby bird
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2.2
To make a loud, deep sound like an owl or a car horn
1
9.5
To make a short silly sound suddenly
1
9.9
To make a short sound by blowing air through the lips to show disbelief
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4.2
Make a short high sound with lips or a small device to get attention
To make a short playful horn sound as a joke
Antonyms
How Playful
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable by composing 'let out' (to emit) with 'a doot' (an onomatopoeic horn-like sound); the construction 'let out a [sound]' is a common, productive English pattern. Because 'doot' is explicitly a sound-word here, a B1 learner who knows the constituent meanings would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Let out a doot likely comes from the tiny horn sound 'doot' that toys or kazoos make, and the verb let out simply means to release a sound. So the phrase means 'to make a short, funny or silly noise'.