I. ˈtüt intransitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English toten, tooten, from Old English tōtian — more at tout
1. chiefly dialect : to stand out : show above ground : sprout
2. chiefly dialect
a. : gaze , peep , spy
b. : to look searchingly : pry
II. ˈtüt, usu -üd.+V noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English tote, from toten, tooten, v.
chiefly dialect : an elevation used or capable of being used as a lookout ; specifically : a rocky promontory
III. verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: probably of imitative origin like Middle Low German & Middle Dutch tūten to toot
intransitive verb
1.
a. of a wind instrument : to sound a short blast
a horn tooted in the distance
b. : to sound a note or call suggesting the short blast of a wind instrument
the tooting of the heath hen could be heard each spring — A.A.Allen
2. : to blow or sound a horn or other wind instrument especially so as to produce short rapid blasts
a trumpeter who has tooted in many bands
boarded a train a few miles out of town, and the entourage came puffing and tooting up to the base of the platform — Americas
3. : to drive, proceed, or move along especially in a car
agricultural-extension workers toot around the … farmlands — Phil Gustafson
4. slang : to state the truth : assert something as a fact
you're tooting, you won't stop me — R.P.Warren
transitive verb
1. : to spread abroad : proclaim , trumpet
tooted his friend's praises wherever he went
2.
a. : to sound (a note) on a horn or other wind instrument
the bugle tooted retreat
b. : to cause (a wind instrument) to produce a characteristic sound
toot a horn
toot a trumpet
toot a whistle
•
- toot one's horn
IV. noun
( -s )
: a short blast sounded on a wind instrument (as a horn) ; also : a sound resembling or suggesting such a blast
V. ˈtüt verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: origin unknown
intransitive verb
Scotland : to drink heavily
transitive verb
Scotland : to drink deeply of : quaff
VI. ˈtüt, usu -üd.+V noun
( -s )
1. Scotland : a drink of liquor : snort
2.
a. : a drinking bout : spree
used to go on a toot , and one night when he was drunk he told me — R.M.Dorson
all hands went on a joyous toot — James Dugan
b. : an act or period of unrestrained indulgence in some feeling or activity : binge , jag
any business taking off on an inflationary toot — Sacramento (Calif.) Bee
survived each of these emotional toots — T.H.White b. 1915
VII. ˈtüt interjection
Etymology: probably imitative of a tongue-clicking sound
Scotland — used to express disapproval or disbelief
VIII. noun
( -s )
Etymology: origin unknown
dialect : a worthless person : fool
IX. ˈtu̇t noun
( -s )
Etymology: Pennsylvania German dutt, from Middle Low German tūte horn, horn-shaped object; akin to Icelandic tūta sharp projection, Swedish tuta fingerstall
dialect : any of various conical containers: as
a. : a small paper bag
b. : a piece of paper twisted into the shape of a cone and used as a temporary container (as for mustard)
c. : ice-cream cone
X. transitive verb
Etymology: toot (III)
slang : to take in (as cocaine) by inhalation : snort
XI. noun
slang : cocaine ; also : a snort of cocaine