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toot

toot

6 2.9
A short sharp sound that a horn or whistle makes
  • noun
  • /tuːt/
translation icon : pitido
  • As the train approached the station, we heard a sharp toot from the conductor's horn.
  • a toot of a horn
  • a toot of a whistle
  • give a toot

Examples

  • It was right at 6:30, so I just pulled up by the curb and gave a little toot on the horn.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • "In the car today, she let out a very loud, long toot."

    Blog text (6)

  • Toot, toot went the horn.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Then a final, brief toot.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • The whistle blew two warning toots.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Bulbous, old-fashioned cars crawling slowly through the crowds, with now and then the cheerful toot of a horn.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • The train would stop for ten minutes, give a toot, and chug away from Doringkraal into the barren veld, growing small and faint until it disappeared on the endless plain.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • The cheerful toot of the boat's whistle signaled its departure from the dock.

  • With a quick toot of his horn, the cyclist warned pedestrians on the path.

Synonyms

honker
vstoot
1 7.0

A loud sound made by a goose or a car horn

is a shorter, sharper horn sound rather than a loud blast
aooga noise
vstoot
  • Archaic
9.9

A loud honking sound like an old car horn

is a short, sharp horn sound rather than a specific old horn tone

Idioms

to toot your own horn
  • Informal
7 7.5

To talk proudly about things you have done

How Loud

to blast
66 4.1
to honk
61 1.6
toot
6 2.9
beep
301 1.0
peep
14 1.0

Surface Forms

toot singular
toots plural

Etymology

Toot copies a short horn noise, much like tweet copies a bird sound, so it tries to say 'toot'. That's why a toot is a 'short, sharp sound' made by a horn or whistle.