different between hooter vs sounder

English

Etymology

hoot +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?hu?.t?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?hu.t?/, [?hu.??]
• Hyphenation: hoot?er
• Rhymes: -u?t?(r)

Noun

hooter (plural hooters)

1. A person who hoots.
2. The horn in a motor vehicle.
3. (Britain) A siren or steam whistle, especially one in a factory and used to indicate the beginning or the end of a working day or shift.
4. (slang) A nose, especially a large one. [from 1950s]
5. (slang, usually in the plural) A woman's breast. [from 1970s]
6. (slang) A penis. [from 1990s]
7. An owl.
8. (slang) A large cannabis cigarette.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:nose
• See also Thesaurus:breasts
• See also Thesaurus:penis

Translations

Further reading

• hooter at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sa?nd?(?)/
• Rhymes: -a?nd?(?)

Etymology 1

From Middle English *soundere, from Old English ?esundra, from Proto-Germanic *sundizô, equivalent to sound +? -er (comparative suffix).

Adjective

sounder

1. comparative form of sound: more sound

Etymology 2

From Middle English soundar, sownere, equivalent to sound +? -er.

Noun

sounder (plural sounders)

1. Something, or someone who makes a sound.
2. An instrument used in telegraphy in place of a register, the communications being read by sound.
3. (medicine, dated, plural only) A stethoscope.

Derived terms

• depth sounder
• echo sounder
• telegraph sounder

Translations

Etymology 3

From French sonder

Noun

sounder (plural sounders)

1. (nautical) A device for making soundings at sea.
2. (nautical) A person who takes soundings.
3. (fishing) A fishfinder.

Etymology 4

Old English sunor

Noun

sounder (plural sounders)

1. A group of wild boar.
2. A young boar.

Anagrams

• Oresund, enduros, resound, undoers, unsored