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hoot noun [ huːt ]

• a low, wavering musical sound which is the typical call of many kinds of owl.
Similar: cry, call, screech, tu-whit tu-whoo,

hoot verb

• (of an owl) utter a hoot.
• "owls hooted, the new moon rose"
Similar: cry, call, utter a hoot, screech, tu-whit tu-whoo,
Origin: Middle English (in the sense ‘make sounds of derision’): perhaps imitative.

not give give a hoot

• not care at all.
"she doesn't give a hoot what people think of her"

not care a hoot

• not care at all.
"they do not care a hoot whether we believe them or not"



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