Definition of Hoot

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Definition of Hoot
	Hoot To cry out or shout in contempt. To make the peculiar cry of an owl. To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts. A derisive cry or shout. The cry of an owl. Related Definitions: An, Assail, Contempt, Contemptuous, Cries, Cry, Derisive, Follow, In, Make, Of, Or, Out, Owl, Peculiar, Shout, The, To, With

Hoot Quotations

Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war.
George S. Patton

No; we have been as usual asking the wrong question. It does not matter a hoot what the mockingbird on the chimney is singing. The real and proper question is: Why is it beautiful?
Bertrand Russell

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

I don't think voters give a hoot about the character of their political advisors, except to the extent that character reflects on the candidates.
Bob Woodward

When I first became interested in photography, I thought it was the whole cheese. My idea was to have it recognized as one of the fine arts. Today I don't give a hoot in hell about that. The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each man to himself.
Edward Steichen

People can be a hoot on the set, but if they're not good to work with, that tires very quickly.
David Hyde Pierce

The one that was most fun was That's My Bush; the part that I did for Comedy Central. That was a hoot. That was more fun that one should be allowed to have.
Timothy Bottoms

There's only a short walk from the hallelujah to the hoot.
William Kennedy

Hoot Translations

hoot in French is corner
hoot in German is hupen, heulen, johlen
hoot in Italian is urlare
hoot in Norwegian is ule, tuting, uling, tute
hoot in Spanish is ulular

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