toot
verb/tuːt/
/tuːt/
[intransitive, transitive] (especially British English)Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they toot | /tuːt/ /tuːt/ |
| he / she / it toots | /tuːts/ /tuːts/ |
| past simple tooted | /ˈtuːtɪd/ /ˈtuːtɪd/ |
| past participle tooted | /ˈtuːtɪd/ /ˈtuːtɪd/ |
| -ing form tooting | /ˈtuːtɪŋ/ /ˈtuːtɪŋ/ |
- when a car horn toots or you toot it, it makes a short, high sound
- the sound of horns tooting
- A horn tooted outside signaling the arrival of my taxi.
- toot something Toot your horn to let them know we're here.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryToot is used with these nouns as the object:- horn
More Like This Onomatopoeic wordsOnomatopoeic wordsWord Originearly 16th cent.: probably from Middle Low German tūten, but possibly an independent imitative formation.Want to learn more?
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Idioms
See toot in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryblow/toot your own horn (North American English usually)
(especially British English blow your own trumpet)
- (informal) to praise your own abilities and achievements synonym boast
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