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toot
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)
- The noise of a horn or whistle.
- (by extension, informal) A fart; flatus.
- (uncountable, slang) Cocaine.
- (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.
- 1981, New York Magazine (volume 14, number 35, page 30)
- (informal) A spree of drunkness.
- (informal, uncountable, pronounced /t?t/) Rubbish; tat.
- (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)
- To stand out, or be prominent.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Howell to this entry?)
- 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.
- November 9, 1550, Hugh Latimer, A Sermon preached at Stamford
- To see; to spy.
- (slang) To flatulate.
- To make the sound of a horn or whistle.
- To cause a horn or whistle to make its sound.
- (slang) To go on a drinking binge.
- (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.
- 2008, Robert L. Glover, Street Corner Symphony: An American Story (page 65)
- 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)
- (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)
- (with dill) To attempt; to try to imitate as best you can; mimic.
See also
- töt
References
toot From the web:
- what toothpaste is best
- what toothpaste is cruelty free
- what toothbrush is best
- what toothpaste is best for braces
- what toothpaste is best for whitening
- what tooth comes in first
- what toothpaste has fluoride
- what toothpaste is safe for dogs
toom
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -u?m
Etymology 1
From Middle English toom, tom, from Old English t?m (“empty”), from Proto-Germanic *t?maz (“free, available, empty”), from Proto-Indo-European *doma- (“to tame”), *dema- (“to build”). Cognate with Danish and Swedish tom (“empty, vacant”), Icelandic tómur (“empty”).
Adjective
toom (comparative more toom, superlative most toom)
- (rare or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Empty; bare.
Derived terms
- toomly
Noun
toom (plural tooms)
- (chiefly Scottish) A piece of waste ground where rubbish is deposited.
Verb
toom (third-person singular simple present tooms, present participle tooming, simple past and past participle toomed)
- (rare or dialectal) To empty; teem.
Etymology 2
From Middle English toom, tome, tom, from Old Norse tóm (“vacant time, leisure”), from Proto-Germanic *t?m? (“vacant time, leisure”). Related to Old Norse tómr (“vacant, empty”).
Noun
toom (usually uncountable, plural tooms)
- Vacant time, leisure.
References
- “toom” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Anagrams
- MOTO, moot, moto, moto-, tomo-
Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *t?m, from Proto-Germanic *taumaz.Doublet with Dutch team, from English.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /to?m/
- Rhymes: -o?m
Noun
toom m or n (plural tomen, diminutive toompje n)
- bridle, rein
- Je moet die jongens echt even in toom houden - You really need to keep those boys in check
- a flock of birds (especially ducks, geese and swans)
- frenulum
Anagrams
- moot
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *toomi, from Proto-Uralic *?ëme.
Noun
toom (genitive toome, partitive toome)
- bird cherry
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Synonyms
- toomingas
toom From the web:
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- what to make with ground beef
- what to make with chicken breast
- what to make with ground turkey
- what to mix with tequila
- what to make for breakfast
- what to mix with vodka
- what to make for lunch
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