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hootsnounpl. of hoot a loud vocal expression of strong emotionthe courtroom erupted in hoots of laughter upon hearing the witness's sarcastic retort to the lawyer's arrogant remark cries, hollers, howls, shouts, whoops, yells, yowls ejaculations, interjectionsscreams, screeches, shrieks, shrills, squalls, squeaks, squeals, yelpsbawls, bellows, clamors, outcries, roarscaterwauls, plaints, wails mumbles, murmurs, muttersgasps, whimpers, whispers a vocal sound made to express scorn or disapprovalhe ignored the hoots and jeers coming from the back of the crowd and kept on speaking until he'd had his say birds(chiefly British), boos, Bronx cheers, catcalls, hisses, jeers, raspberries, razzes, snorts smirks, sneers, snickers, sniggersgibes(or jibes), put-downs, tauntswhistles cheers applauses the smallest amount or part imaginableI don't give a hoot whether you want to go or not—you're going beans, continentals, damns, darns(also durns), diddlies(slang), diddly-squats(slang), doodley-squats(or doodly-squats), figs, ghosts, iotas, jots, licks, modicums, raps, squats(slang), syllables, tittles, whits, whoops aces, bits, crumbs, dabs, driblets, glimmers, hints, little, mites, nips, ounces, particles, peanuts, pins, rays, scraps, scruples, semblances, shades, shadows, shreds, skoshes, smidgens(also smidgeons or smidgins or smidges), snaps, specks, spots, sprinklings, strains, streaks, suspicions, touches, traces someone or something that is very funnythat stand-up comic is a hoot knee-slappers, laughs, riots, screams boners, howlerscracks, gags, jests, jokes, pleasantries, quips, sallies, waggeries, wisecracks, witticismscautions, sights bummers, downers |