Hoot

Name: American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 - Hoot
Author: Noah Webster

HOOT, v.i.

1. To cry out or shout in contempt.

Matrons and girls shall hoot at thee no more.

2. To cry, as an owl.

The clamorous owl, that nightly hoots.

HOOT, v.t. To drive with cries or shouts uttered in contempt.

Partridge and his clan may hoot me for a cheat.

HOOT, n. A cry or shout in contempt.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Hoot," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed April 20, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=PAXRKUQAHT666ER.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Hoot." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 20 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=PAXRKUQAHT666ER.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Hoot' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 20 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=PAXRKUQAHT666ER.