Tōot1, v. i.
[A-S. totian, to be prominent.]
- To stand out, or be prominent. [Obs.] Howell.
- To peep; to look narrowly. [Obs.] See TOUT. “Looking, tooting, watching.” Latimer.
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Toot
Tōot2, v. i.
v. i. [imp. & p. p. TOOTED; p. pr. & vb. n. TOOTING.] [D. toeten, tuiten, tuyten, Ger. tuten, tüten, Sw. tuta, Dan. tude, to blow the horn; Icel. tauta, to murmur. Cf. TOUT.] To make a particular noise by contact of the tongue with the root of the upper teeth at the beginning and end of the sound; also, to sound a horn in a similar manner. This writer should wear a tooting horn. Howell. The tooting horns and rattling teams of mail-coaches. Thackeray.
Tōot3, v. t.
To cause to sound, as a horn, the note being modified at the beginning and end as if by pronouncing the letter t; hence, to blow; to sound; as, to toot the horn.