📯 To make a sound 🚗 A short sound 🍻 A drinking party 💨 A small fart 💬 A short post

toot

9.1

A short message posted on Mastodon or similar social apps

noun
/tuːt/

Jargon

: publicación breve

Speaking of which, I've got a painting drying up on me in the studio where I just walked out and left it when I heard you were on a private toot on your private island.

Examples

I wrote a quick toot about my thoughts on the latest episode of my favorite show.
After reading several interesting toots, I decided to follow more users on Mastodon.
He shared a funny toot that made everyone laugh during the online meeting.

Idioms

to toot your own horn

Informal

7 7.5

To talk proudly about things you have done

How Short

toot

Jargon

9.1

to microblog

Texting

4.3

post

Texting

∞ 3.3

Surface Forms

toot singular

toots plural

Etymology

The social media sense toot borrows the old sound idea: it copies a quick noise and so became the name for a 'short message' on Mastodon, much like a 'tweet' on Twitter. This makes a toot easy to think of as a brief, noisy post.