toot
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2.9
- noun
- /tuːt/
- 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
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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.
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With a quick toot of his horn, the cyclist warned pedestrians on the path.
Synonyms
2
7.0
A loud sound made by a goose or a car horn
A loud honking sound like an old car horn
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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.