different between whoost vs whoot

English

Alternative forms

• hoost
• whost (Scotland)

Etymology 1

From Middle English hostyn, from Old English hw?stan (“to cough”), from Proto-Germanic *hw?st?n?, *hw?st?n? (“to cough”), from Proto-Indo-European *k??s- (“to cough”). Cognate with Scots whust (“to cough”), Saterland Frisian hoostje (“to cough”), West Frisian hoastje (“to cough”), Dutch hoesten (“to cough”), German Low German hoosten (“to cough”), Danish hoste (“to cough”), Swedish hosta (“to cough”), Icelandic hósta (“to cough”). Non-Germanic cognates include Irish casacht (“cough”) and Welsh pas (“cough”).

Verb

whoost (third-person singular simple present whoosts, present participle whoosting, simple past and past participle whoosted)

1. (intransitive, dialectal) To cough.

Etymology 2

From Middle English host, from Old English hw?sta (“a cough”), from Proto-Germanic *hw?stô (“a cough”). Cognate with German Husten (“a cough”), Alemannic German Wüeste (“a cough”), Danish hoste (“a cough”), Icelandic hósti (“a cough”).

Noun

whoost (plural whoosts)

1. (dialectal) A cough.

Anagrams

• how-tos, howtos, twoosh, whoots

English

Etymology

See hoot.

Verb

whoot (third-person singular simple present whoots, present participle whooting, simple past and past participle whooted)

1. (obsolete) To hoot.

Anagrams

• how to, how-to, howto