hoots
Nocturnal bird sounds
Hoots are the calls owls make, and by extension any similar sound—a horn's blast, a person's shout of laughter or derision.
If you don't give a hoot or two hoots about something, you don't care about it at all.
In Scottish and Northern English dialect, hoot can express impatience or dissatisfaction, often reduplicated: Hoot, hoot! What nonsense!
As slang, hoots sometimes refers to a woman's breasts.
Urgent warning signal
- sirenWailing alert device
- hornPointed animal headgear
- signalMessage-conveying cue
- alertWarning or watchfulness
whistle · call · screech · nocturnal · echo · distress · danger · caution
High, harsh cry
- callContact by phone
- nocturnalActive during darkness
- talonsHooked bird claws
- perchResting spot for birds
wisdom · feathers · raptor · nest · prey · birder · ornithology · forest
Vocal expression of scorn
- tauntInsulting provocation
- catcallHarassing shout or whistle
- booShout to startle or jeer
- heckleHarass a performer verbally
mockery · scorn · ridicule · razz · sneer · scoff · contempt · insult
alarm
Urgent warning signal
alert · whistle · call · screech · nocturnal · echo · distress · danger · caution · attention
screech
High, harsh cry
perch · wisdom · feathers · raptor · nest · prey · birder · ornithology · forest · wildlife
jeer
Vocal expression of scorn
heckle · mockery · scorn · ridicule · razz · sneer · scoff · contempt · insult · dismissal
guffaw
Boisterous burst of mirth
roar · snort · scream · hilarity · uproar · merriment · jollity · amusement · hysterics · outburst
damn
Mild expletive
care · bother · trifle · nothing · worthless · indifference · unconcern · dismissiveness
- animal soundsbark, meow, woof, moo, roar
- mockerymockery, ridiculing, jeers, jeering, jibes
- outcriescries, screams, shouts, yells, howls
- laugh reactionslaughter, giggles, chuckles, guffaws, cackles
- primate signalsvocalizations, gestures, calls, facial expressions, grunts
- Scottish Slangaye, bairn, braw, eejit, ken
- given a hootShowed any concern
- hoot owlRaptor known for vocalizations
- gave a hootWas concerned about something
- give a hootFeel concern about
- giving a hootBeing concerned about something
- hoot and holler