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Hoot
(Hoot), v. t. To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.

Partridge and his clan may hoot me for a cheat.
Swift.

Hoot
(Hoot), n.

1. A derisive cry or shout. Glanvill.

2. The cry of an owl.

Hoot owl (Zoöl.), the barred owl See Barred owl.