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hoot
/huːt/
noun
A derisive cry or shout.
The cry of an owl.
A fun event or person. (See hootenanny)
verb
To cry out or shout in contempt.
To make the cry of an owl, a hoo.
To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.
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