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Shout disapproval
Answer for the clue "Shout disapproval ", 4 letters:
hoot
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Word definitions for hoot in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hoot \Hoot\, n. A derisive cry or shout. --Glanvill. The cry of an owl. A very funny event, person, or experience; as, watching Jack try to catch that greased pig was a hoot. Hoot owl (Zo["o]l.), the barred owl ( Syrnium nebulosum ). See Barred owl . not ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a loud raucous cry (as of an owl) a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt [syn: boo , Bronx cheer , hiss , raspberry , razzing , snort , bird ] something of little value; "his promise is not worth a damn"; "not worth one red cent"; "not ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A derisive cry or shout. 2 The cry of an owl. 3 (context US slang English) A fun event or person. (See hootenanny) 4 A small particle vb. 1 To cry out or shout in contempt. 2 To make the cry of an owl. 3 To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; ...
Usage examples of hoot.
Hoots of agony could be heard in the billowing smoke, and the sec men fired short volleys seeking live targets.
There was another pack of Dervish down the road behind them, at least two dozen, brandishing their weapons and hooting with wild excitement as they saw the women.
Soon they were all displaying ferociously, hooting and scraping musk over their long tails.
Solo was immersed beneath a blanket of hooting, jostling, inexperienced assailants.
And it was waged in a silence broken only by gasps of weariness or pain: There was none of the screeching and hooting that would normally have accompanied an attack by two juniors on a dominant male.
Their mournful hooting, made with inflatable skin sacs on their great horny snouts, echoed from the walls of ice to the south.
He threw himself back and forth around the line of trees, drumming with open palms on tree trunks, ripping off thin branches and shaking them so their leaves cascaded around him, screeching and hooting the while.
Just as yesterday he roused the troop by crashing into their nests, hooting, kicking, and slapping.
So he displayed again, drumming, vaulting, and hooting, and went back to the follow-me routine.
Deeply unhappy, they pushed, jostled, and slapped, hooting and screeching at each other.
She was surrounded by screeching and hooting, and fists pounded at her back and head.
The males also did a great deal of displaying, hooting, aggressive leaping to and fro.
But in the silence of New Pangaea their whoops and hooting cries echoed from the bare rocks, and as far as could be seen they were the only large creatures moving, anywhere.
And back on the flat, the centaurs again were hooting with mocking laughter.
The chimpanzee played under the table while the bargaining sessions went on, climbing the legs, dropping back to the floor, rolling around and hooting softly.