different between toon vs toot

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of cartoon.

Noun

toon (plural toons)

1. (informal) A cartoon, especially an animated television show.
2. (informal, video games) A player's avatar or visible character in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game.
3. (informal, by extension) Only used in loony toon or looney toon, alternative forms of loony tune, which see.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Hindi ??? (t?n), from Sanskrit ???? (tu?i, “Cedrela toona”).

Noun

toon (countable and uncountable, plural toons)

1. A southeast Asian and Australian tree (Toona ciliata or Toona australis) of the mahogany family with fragrant dark red wood and flowers that yield a dye.
2. The wood of this tree.

Synonyms

• (tree): Australian red cedar
• (wood): toonwood

Translations

Etymology 3

Dialectal variant of town.

Pronunciation

• (Geordie) IPA^(key): [tu?n]

Noun

toon (plural toons)

1. (Tyneside) A town.

Translations

See also

• Toon

Etymology 4

Noun

toon (plural toons)

1. Eye dialect spelling of tune

References

• List of English words of Sanskrit origin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Toon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• noot, noto-, on to, onto, onto-, oont, tono-

Afrikaans

Etymology 1

From Dutch toon, dialectal form of teen, from Middle Dutch têe, from Old Dutch *t?a, from Proto-Germanic *taihw?. The vocalism -oo- is also present in some Dutch dialects in Utrecht and Holland, but seems unclear. The -n was originally a plural ending that was reanalysed as a singular form.

Noun

toon (plural tone, diminutive toontjie)

1. toe (part of the foot)

Derived terms

• langtoon

Etymology 2

From Dutch toon, ultimately from Latin tonus.

Noun

toon (plural tone)

1. tone, pitch

Etymology 3

From Dutch tonen, from Middle Dutch tônen, from Old Dutch *t?nen.

Verb

toon (present toon, present participle tonende, past participle getoon)

1. (transitive) to show, to demonstrate

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /to?n/
• (Belgium) IPA^(key): [to?n]
• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): [to??n]
• Hyphenation: toon
• Rhymes: -o?n

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch toon, ultimately from Latin tonus.

Noun

toon m (plural tonen, diminutive toontje n)

1. tone

Derived terms

• grondtoon
• kiestoon
• tonaal
• toonhoogte
• toonladder
• sloottoon

Descendants

• Afrikaans: toon
• ? Indonesian: ton, tona (from plural)

Etymology 2

Noun

toon m (plural tonen, diminutive toontje n)

1. (dialectal) Dated form of teen (“toe”).
2. (archaic) The front portion of a hoof.

Usage notes

Still used in some dialects in Utrecht and Holland in the meaning “toe”. This variant seems to have been quite common in Hollandic dialects until the 19th century. Similar forms have also been found to exist in certain West Frisian and Dutch Low Saxon dialects.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

toon

1. first-person singular present indicative of tonen
2. imperative of tonen

Anagrams

• noot

Sambali

Noun

toón

1. (anatomy) nape

Somali

Noun

toon m

1. garlic

Yucatec Maya

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?tò?n]

Noun

toon (plural toono?ob)

1. penis

   Synonym: keep

References

• Montgomery, John (2004) Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., ?ISBN, page 77

English

Etymology 1

Probably onomatopoetic in origin, compare Dutch toeteren (“to blow a horn”) and German tuten (“to blow a horn”).

Alternative forms

• tout (in some verb senses only)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu?t/
• IPA^(key): /t?t/ (in sense of "rubbish, tat")
• Rhymes: -u?t
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

toot (countable and uncountable, plural toots)

1. The noise of a horn or whistle.

2. (by extension, informal) A fart; flatus.
3. (uncountable, slang) Cocaine.
4. (countable, slang) A portion of cocaine that a person snorts.
   • 1981, New York Magazine (volume 14, number 35, page 30)

     So he took a toot. A couple of days later he did another, then another. Soon Harry was using more coke than he had done in his whole life.

5. (informal) A spree of drunkness.
6. (informal, uncountable, pronounced /t?t/) Rubbish; tat.

7. (Internet) A message on the social networking software Mastodon.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

toot (third-person singular simple present toots, present participle tooting, simple past and past participle tooted)

1. To stand out, or be prominent.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Howell to this entry?)

2. To peep; to look narrowly.
   • November 9, 1550, Hugh Latimer, A Sermon preached at Stamford

     In the court, in the noblemen's houses, at every merchant's house, those Observants were spying, tooting, and looking, watching and prying, what they might hear or see against the see of Rome.
3. To see; to spy.
4. (slang) To flatulate.
5. To make the sound of a horn or whistle.
6. To cause a horn or whistle to make its sound.
7. (slang) To go on a drinking binge.
8. (slang) To snort (a recreational drug).
   • 2008, Robert L. Glover, Street Corner Symphony: An American Story (page 65)

     I had graduated from the simple tooting cocaine up my nose to smoking it, which was a completely different experience and animal.

9. To post a message on a Mastodon instance (a self-hosted version of the networking software).

Synonyms

• (to fart): See Thesaurus:flatulate
• (to sound a trumpet etc.): poop (obsolete)

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Perhaps a contraction of toilet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

toot (plural toots)

1. (Australia, slang) A toilet.

See also

• toot plant
• toot suite

Anagrams

• Otto, Toto, otto, toto

Westrobothnian

Etymology

Cognate with Swedish tota, dial. tåta.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ù?t

Verb

toot (preterite totä)

1. (with dill) To attempt; to try to imitate as best you can; mimic.

See also

• töt

References