hoot

Etymology 1
From, , , of origin, from or related to , related to 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) A derisive cry or shout.
 * 2) The cry of an owl.
 * 3)  A fun event or person.
 * 4) A small particle; a whit or jot.
 * 1) A small particle; a whit or jot.
 * 1) A small particle; a whit or jot.

Usage notes

 * The phrase a hoot and a holler has a very different meaning to hoot and holler. The former is a short distance, the latter is a verb of derisive cry.
 * The term is nearly always encountered in a negative sense in such phrases as don't care a hoot or don't give two hoots.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: pilkkahuuto, buuaus
 * French:
 * German: Johlen,
 * Greek:
 * Norwegian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:, ,


 * Afrikaans:
 * Bulgarian: ухане
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ululo
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κικκαβαῦ
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Korean:
 * Maori: koukou,, , terekou
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: wahu
 * Ukrainian: у́хання
 * Welsh:


 * Dutch:
 * German: Spaßveranstaltung,
 * Spanish:, , risión

Verb

 * 1) To cry out or shout in contempt.
 * 2) To make the cry of an owl, a hoo.
 * 3) To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.
 * 4) To sound the horn of a vehicle.
 * 1) To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.
 * 2) To sound the horn of a vehicle.
 * 1) To sound the horn of a vehicle.
 * 1) To sound the horn of a vehicle.
 * 1) To sound the horn of a vehicle.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latin:
 * Norwegian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Welsh:


 * Bulgarian: ухам
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ululi
 * Finnish:
 * French:, , ,
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Korean:
 * Latin: cucubo
 * Maori: koukou, peho, pehopeho
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:, hukać
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: wumahu
 * Ukrainian: у́хати, пугу́кати
 * Welsh:


 * Dutch:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Russian:


 * Dutch:
 * German:
 * Norwegian:

Etymology 2
A variant of (influenced by etymology 1),.

Noun

 * 1)  Money, especially in the form of cash given as payment.

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1) hot

Etymology
Imitative. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Usage notes

 * Frequently used in the set phrases or.

Verb

 * 1)  To dismiss idly with contempt or derision; to flout; to pooh-pooh.