rootin
Searching with gusto
Rootin appears almost exclusively in the phrase rootin' tootin', an old-fashioned, playful intensifier suggesting boisterous enthusiasm or Wild West energy: a rootin' tootin' good time.
The word has no independent meaning outside this fixed expression, where it serves as rhythmic reinforcement for tootin'.
cheers
Casual toast or farewell
hollering · yelling · shouting · rallying · cheerleading · rah-rah · sideline · fanfare · enthusiasm · spirit
yeehaw
Cowboy's exuberant exclamation
hootenanny · buckaroo · wrangler · rodeo · frontier · howdy · pardner · varmint · tarnation · dadgum
rootinsitting still
Seated without movement
sedentary · motionless · inactive · stationary · lethargic
rootinunenthusiastic
Without eagerness or passion
apathetic · indifferent · subdued · dispassionate · halfhearted
- root beerSassafras-flavored soft drink
- rooting forActively hoping someone succeeds
- root canalInfected pulp removal
- root forActively support a competitor
- square rootNumber times itself equals original
- deep rootsLong-standing connection to place
root, roots, rooted, rooting, rootless, uproot, uprooted, uprooting