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hoot [hu:t]1. noun[owl] hululer ; [driver] klaxonner* * *[huːt] 1.1) ( noise) ( of owl) (h)ululement m; ( of train) sifflement m; ( of ship or factory siren) mugissement m; ( of car) coup m de klaxon®; ( shout) rire m moqueur2) (colloq) ( funny)2.to be a hoot — être très marrant (colloq)
transitive verb huer [speaker, actor]3.to hoot one's horn — donner un coup de klaxon® ( at somebody pour avertir quelqu'un)
intransitive verb [owl] (h)ululer; [train] siffler; [siren] mugir; [car] klaxonner; [person, crowd] ( derisively) huer••I don't give two hoots! — (colloq) je m'en fiche (colloq) comme de l'an quarante!
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A n1 ( noise) ( of owl) (h)ululement m ; ( of train) sifflement m ; ( of ship or factory siren) mugissement m ; ( of car) coup m de klaxon® ; ( derisive shout) huée f ; this was greeted with hoots of laughter ceci a déclenché l'hilarité générale ;B vi [owl] (h)ululer ; [train] siffler ; [siren] mugir ; [car] klaxonner ; [person, crowd] ( derisively) huer ; to hoot with laughter éclater de rire.C vtr huer [speaker, actor] ; to be hooted off the stage quitter la scène sous les huées ; to hoot one's horn donner un coup de klaxon® (at sb pour avertir qn).I don't give a hoot ou two hoots ○ ! je m'en fiche ○ comme de l'an quarante!■ hoot down:▶ hoot down [sb], hoot [sb] down huer ;▶ hoot down [sth], hoot [sth] down rejeter [qch] avec dérision [plan, proposal]. -
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hoot [hu:t]1 noun∎ hoots of laughter éclats mpl de rire∎ I don't give or care a hoot or two hoots je m'en fiche, mais alors complètement, je m'en contrefiche;∎ it doesn't matter two hoots ça n'a strictement aucune importance□∎ it was a hoot! (hilarious) c'était tordant!;∎ he's a real hoot! c'est un sacré rigolo!, il est tordant!(actor, speaker) huer; (play) siffler∎ to hoot with laughter s'esclaffer;∎ to hoot with anger rugir de colèrefamiliar (person, show) huer□, conspuer□ ;∎ they hooted him down ils l'ont fait taire par leurs huées□
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don’t give a hoot — tv. don’t care at all. (Folksy.) □ Go ahead. Do it if you want. I don’t give a hoot. □ She doesn’t give a hoot if you go into town without her … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
give a hoot — verb show no concern or interest; always used in the negative I don t give a hoot She doesn t give a damn about her job • Syn: ↑care a hang, ↑give a hang, ↑give a damn • Verb Frames: Somebody s … Useful english dictionary
give a hoot — (not) care/give a hoot informal, informal if you do not give a hoot about something or someone, you do not care about them at all. I don t give a hoot about keeping the house tidy. (often + about) They don t care two hoots who wins as long as it… … New idioms dictionary
hoot, don't give a - — Old owls never die, they just don t give a hoot … English expressions
give a hoot — informal obviously you don t give a hoot about clean air Syn: care, be concerned, mind, be interested, be bothered, trouble oneself about; informal give a damn … Thesaurus of popular words
not give a hoot — (not) care/give a hoot informal, informal if you do not give a hoot about something or someone, you do not care about them at all. I don t give a hoot about keeping the house tidy. (often + about) They don t care two hoots who wins as long as it… … New idioms dictionary
not give a hoot — to not care about something at all. I don t give a hoot about her opinion of my housekeeping … New idioms dictionary
not give a hoot — not give a hoot/two hoots/informal phrase to not care about something I don’t give two hoots about what people think of me. Thesaurus: to not care about somethingsynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
not give a hoot! — To say that you don t or couldn t give a hoot means that you don t care at all about something. She wears eccentric clothes but she couldn t give a hoot about what others think … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
hoot — [[t]hu͟ːt[/t]] hoots, hooting, hooted 1) V ERG If you hoot the horn on a vehicle or if it hoots, it makes a loud noise on one note. [mainly BRIT] [V n] I never hoot my horn when I pick a girl up for a date... Somewhere in the distance a siren… … English dictionary
hoot — hoot1 [hu:t] n 1.) a shout or laugh that shows you think something is funny or stupid hoot of laughter/derision etc ▪ Hoots of laughter rose from the audience. 2.) a sound that an ↑owl makes 3.) a short clear sound made by a vehicle or ship, as a … Dictionary of contemporary English