HOOT

[verb], [noun] - (to make) a short loud high soundShe gave three short hoots on the car horn. [C]She hooted her horn at the dog in the road. [T]He gave a hoot of laughter/derision. [C]He hooted with laughter. [I]The sound an owl makes is called a hoot.We could hear owls hooting.(informal) If you say something or someone is a hoot, you mean they are amusing.The film was an absolute hoot.He's a real hoot.(informal) If you don't care/give a hoot/two hoots about something, you do not think it is important.She doesn't give two hoots about being in debt.