English Explanatory Dictionary

toot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The noise of a horn or whistle.
  2. A fart; flatus.
  3. Cocaine.
  4. A portion of cocaine that a person snorts.
  5. A spree of drunkenness.
  6. Rubbish; tat.
  7. A message on the social networking software Mastodon.
verb
  1. To stand out, or be prominent.
  2. To peep; to look narrowly.
  3. To see; to spy.
  4. To produce the noise of a horn or whistle.
  5. To cause a horn or whistle to produce a noise.
  6. To flatulate.
  7. Of a queen bee, to make a high-pitched sound during certain stages of development.
  8. To go on a drinking binge.
  9. To snort (a recreational drug).
  10. To post a message on a Mastodon instance.
noun
  1. A toilet.

Pronunciation

/ˈtuːt/ /ˈtut/ en-us-toot.ogg /ˈtʊt/ en-au-toot.ogg

Word forms

toot toots tooting tooted

Etymology

Probably onomatopoeic in origin. Compare Dutch toeteren (“to blow a horn”), German tuten, Swedish tuta, Danish tude. Noun etymology 1, noun sense 7 ("Mastodon post") and verb etymology 1, verb sense 10 ("to post on Mastodon") are influenced by tweet (“Twitter post”).

Synonyms

benzoylmethylecgonine blow Bolivian marching powder booger sugar boots California corn flakes charlie ching coke corinne crystals flake girl hard white marching powder nose beer nose candy nose powder party powder powder rock rocks slim sniff snow snuff toot wash white white girl white lady yay yayo yola cultch crap debris dreck drek garbage gash junk litter pelf piece of crap piece of garbage piece of shit pile of crap pile of shit piece of trash rubbish refuse roughage service item shit stuff trash waste poop badger

Related words

tout toot plant toot suite toot sweet

Derived words

on a toot subtoot tinker's toot darn tootin' tooter toot one's own horn
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