tooter
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7.2
- noun
- /ˈtuːtər/
- The Imam was telling us about all the terrible things on the phone like "Mixing It" and "tooter."
Examples
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Keep leaning on that tooter, Charlie, and you'll get a shot in the mouth!
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I'll bet we've eaten everything on the pig from the rooter to the tooter.
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-Yeah, it's not the best phone, but you can get "Facebrick" and "Tooter" on it.
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Hand me the tooter.
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You inhale them into your nose with a straw or a glass tooter you can buy at places down in Brewer near the bridge.
Fiction book (1990) -
Where's the tooter?
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"The sweat'll blister the toots out of her tooter.
Fiction book (1996) -
The parade was filled with joyful tooters celebrating the festival.
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The coach instructed the team to listen for the tooter signaling the end of practice.
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Children enjoyed playing with their tooters during the school event.
Synonyms
221
1.0
A device that makes a loud sound to warn or signal people
66
1.0
A small machine that makes a low, repeating sound to tell people something
9
1.1
A loud sound a driver makes to warn others or get attention
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5.5
A person who makes a loud high sound by blowing through their lips or a small object
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6.2
A part of a vehicle that makes a loud sound to warn people
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3.3
A small object you blow or shake to make a loud sound at parties
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7.0
A thing that makes a short high sound when you use it
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7.5
An animal or person that makes a loud harsh noise
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4.5
A small animal that makes short high sounds like bird calls
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Morphology
Etymology
Tooter comes from the short sound word toot, which copies the quick horn noise you hear at a parade or on a horn. The ending -er means 'one who' or 'a thing that does', so a tooter is a person or device that makes a 'short, sharp sound'.