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Definition of hoot : 1. A derisive cry or shout.
2. The cry of an owl.
3. To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.
4. To cry out or shout in contempt.
5. To make the peculiar cry of an owl.

Synonyms:

shuttle, jack, dickhead, snigger, joke, bastard, diddley, hiss, raspberry bush, sibilation, catcall, ounce, squat, skirt, whoo, iota, whoreson, bull, raspberry, red cent, snicker, doll, Bronx cheer, mend, laugh, poop, damn, shite, fowl, prick, shucks, gas, big, riot, fizzle, hushing, panic, birdie, asshole, dogshit, diddly-squat, shred, tinker's dam, razzing, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, bird, dump, jot, shuttlecock, shit, chick, wench, hissing, boo, diddly, doodly-squat, patch, turd, dame, absurdity, whit, horseshit, bullshit, cocksucker, tinker's damn, scream, laughter, son of a bitch, darn, crap, rap, diddlyshit, razz, dirt

crow, chatter, cackle, snort, caw, growl, bleat, gobble, moo, purr, mew, squawk, cry, whinny, cuckoo, grunt, bellow, bay, chirp, roar, snarl, cluck, neigh, warble, honk, yelp, squeal, trill, twit, call, howl, ululate, quack, meow, bawl, bray, coo, bark

ululation

Usage examples:

• Just then the solemn hoot of a distant owl was heard. - "Raiding with Morgan", Byron A. Dunn.
• Canst hoot like an owl? - "The Great Mogul", Louis Tracy.
• And I reply that I don't care a hoot how it sounds. - "Captivating Mary Carstairs", Henry Sydnor Harrison.