Crossword clues for hooter
hooter
The Collaborative International Dictionary
hooter \hoot"er\ n.
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the nose. [slang]
Syn: beak, honker, nozzle, snoot, snout, schnozzle.
An automobile horn. [Brit. slang]
A woman's breast, especially one that is large. [vulgar slang]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
by 1823, "anything that hoots," especially an owl, agent noun from hoot (v.). Slang meaning "nose" is from 1958. Meaning "a woman's breast" (usually in plural hooters) attested by 1972. The Hooters restaurant chain began 1983 in Clearwater, Florida, U.S.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A horn in a motor vehicle. 2 (context slang English) A nose, especially a large one. 3 (context slang usually in the plural English) A woman's breast. 4 An owl.
WordNet
n. informal terms for the nose [syn: beak, honker, nozzle, snoot, snout, schnozzle, schnoz]
a device on an automobile for making a warning noise [syn: automobile horn, car horn, motor horn, horn]
nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes [syn: owl, bird of Minerva, bird of night]
Usage examples of "hooter".
Goon, enjoying a brief afternoon dinner nap, was surprised to see Fatty coming in at the door, and even more surprised when the boy presented his bit of information about the hooter on the bicycle.
Goon, Fatty had his hooter tucked under his coat, and sounded it as soon as they passed the policeman.
Montolio gasped when he learned from Hooter that the drow and the ornery bear were sharing the two-chambered cave.
A certain ranger of no small fame, a sister of the Lady of Silverymoon, was still in the region, Montolio knew through his animal connections, and he charged Hooter with seeking her out.
Drizzt had to wonder just how completely Montolio could understand Hooter, and just how completely the owl could comprehend the events around it.
He grabbed a nearby rope and swung down to stand by the drow, Hooter clutching his tunic and rolling along for the ride.
Every so often, Hooter or some other owl would rush in, chattering with news.
Montolio looked more than a little troubled after Hooter, back with more news, departed.
Hooter came by less and less frequently, and on one occasion the departing look Hooter cast at Drizzt told the drow beyond doubt that the owl would never return to the grove.
Mojo the other day was actually surprised when I mentioned having worked at the Bom Sheltr Bar in Venicehe said he thought that story was just flash for the tourists, like the fake hooter skulls on spikes on the roof.
Rivas heard the skid and clatter of one of the hooter bikes turning around, and he lifted the slingshot and faced that direction.
Back at the grizzly level you connect the cordtex to a fuse, signal the African to blow the warning hooter, light the fuse with a cheesa stick, a flare the size of a thick pencil which, once lit, cannot be extinguished.
She stops the car and keeps her hand on the hooter so that people come out of their houses to see what the matter is, and Maude has to hang up.
He reaches in through the window and presses the hooter, which my father has told him to do.
She and Pip and Daisy had gone into the shop, which sold bicycles, tyres, pumps, bells, hooters, torches, toys, prams, and many other things.