hooting
What owls do
Hooting is making the deep, resonant call of an owl, or producing similar sounds—the blast of a car horn, the wail of a train whistle, loud derisive laughter.
People hoot to mock or jeer: The crowd was hooting at the referee.
Hooting can also express enthusiasm: They were hooting and hollering when the team scored.
Vocal public mockery
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
- laughterVocal expression of amusement
- ridiculeContemptuous mocking treatment
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
catcall · booing · heckling · taunting · sneering · derisive · contempt · scoffing
nocturnal
Active during darkness
talons · night · forest · wisdom · feathers · beak · moonlight · prey · silent · flight
jeering
Vocal public mockery
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
- laughterVocal expression of amusement
- ridiculeContemptuous mocking treatment
scorn · catcall · booing · heckling · taunting · sneering · derisive · contempt · scoffing · razzing
cheering
Vocal encouragement given
- revelryNoisy, lively celebration
- jubilationIntense, expressive happiness
- festivityCelebratory occasion or mood
whooping · hollering · party · crowd · victory · fans · stadium · applause · exuberance · excitement
honk
Loud nasal blast
car · blast · beep · signal · driver · roadway · warning · impatient · congestion · commute
- animal signalsbody language, bird songs, tail wagging, mating calls, whale song
- nighttimemidnight, nightfall, night sky, nighttime, starry sky
- audience behaviorcheering, clapping, booing, standing ovation, applause
- audience reactionsapplause, clapping, booing, cheering, laughter
- bird soundschirp, birdcall, tweet, bird songs, cheep
- crowd soundsapplause, boo, booing, boos, cheer
hootingapplause
Collective hand-clapping approval
cheering · applauding · ovation · clapping · standing ovation
- owl hootingRaptor's vocal call