Synonyms for hoot
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1. hoot

   Synonyms:
   hiss, execrate, denounce, sibilate, decry

   Antonyms:
   cheer, honor, acclaim, eulogize, salute, welcome

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1. hootnoun

   a loud raucous cry (as of an owl)

   Synonyms:
   shucks, hiss, red cent, tinker's damn, darn, boo, raspberry, snort, damn, bird, tinker's dam, razzing, shit, razz

2. boo, hoot, Bronx cheer, hiss, raspberry, razzing, razz, snort, birdnoun

   a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

   Synonyms:
   doll, boo, snigger, fowl, dame, tinker's dam, shit, hiss, skirt, shuttle, fizzle, birdie, damn, snicker, snort, chick, hissing, red cent, wench, bird, raspberry, sibilation, tinker's damn, razz, shucks, raspberry bush, razzing, shuttlecock, darn, hushing

3. damn, darn, hoot, red cent, shit, shucks, tinker's damn, tinker's damverb

   something of little value

   "his promise is not worth a damn"; "not worth one red cent"; "not worth shucks"

   Synonyms:
   darn, snort, horseshit, diddly, jack, cocksucker, dickhead, squat, shucks, diddlyshit, dogshit, doodly-squat, bullshit, red cent, shit, bastard, son of a bitch, prick, crap, tinker's damn, damn, shite, bull, razz, turd, dirt, asshole, raspberry, boo, bird, diddly-squat, tinker's dam, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, hiss, diddley, dump, razzing, poop, whoreson, mend, patch

4. hootverb

   to utter a loud clamorous shout

   "the toughs and blades of the city hoot and bang their drums, drink arak, play dice, and dance"

5. hootverb

   utter the characteristic sound of owls

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1. • Cry
   • Utter

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1. hootverb

   Synonyms:
   shout, yell, cry out

2. hootverb

   Synonyms:
   execrate, denounce, hiss, cry down, cry out against, hoot at

3. hootnoun

   Synonyms:
   shout, cry, outcry, yell

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1. hootverb

   Synonyms:
   shout, deride, denounce, execrate

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1. List of paraphrases for "hoot":

   funny, boo, oww, fun

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How to use hoot in a sentence?

1. Dolly Parton:

   I don't plan to retire. I just turned 74 and I plan to be on the cover of Playboy magazine again, see, I did Playboy magazine years ago and I thought it'd be such a hoot if they'll go for it — I don't know if they will — if I could be on the cover again when I'm 75.

2. Lesley Butterfield:

   I saw the dress challenge online and thought it was a hoot… Little did I expect to snag the dress at Target on clearance a few days later when I was picking up milk and bread! i decided to give it a shot because I think we all can appreciate comic relief during these times.

3. Alison Arngrim:

   Of course, I have a husband of 24 years, he thinks its hysterical. Whenever we run into her at a party, my husband would go, ‘She and I are married to the same woman.’ Erin thinks its a hoot and we make a cute couple!

4. Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov:

   It is a short walk from the hallelujah to the hoot.

5. James Mattis:

   Actually, it’s a lot of fun to fight. You know, it’s a hell of a hoot.