hoot

hoot is a 4-letter English word with 10 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To cry out or shout in contempt. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 6 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To cry out or shout in contempt.
2. intransitive verb. To make the peculiar cry of an owl.
3. transitive verb. To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.
4. noun. A derisive cry or shout.
5. noun. The cry of an owl.
6. noun. something of little value

   "his promise is not worth a damn"

   "not worth one red cent"

   Synonyms: damn, darn, shit, shucks

7. noun. a loud raucous cry (as of an owl)
8. noun. a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

   Synonyms: bird, boo, hiss, raspberry, razz, razzing, snort

9. verb. to utter a loud clamorous shout

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

10. verb. utter the characteristic sound of owls

Synonyms

damn, darn, shit, shucks, bird, boo, hiss, raspberry, razz, razzing, snort

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in hoot:

otho, thoo, toho

Common word forms

hoots, hooted, hooter, hooting

Words from these letters

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